Jahn-Teller contribution to the magneto-optical effect in thin-film ferromagnetic manganites

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Hrabovsky D ^a,b   Caicedo, J M ^a   Herranz, G ^a   Infante, I C ^a,c   Sanchez F ^a   Fontcuberta, J ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNITÉ MIXTE DE PHYSIQUE CNRS THALES   (France)

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EID: 61849162297     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.052401     Document Type: Article

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