Magneto-optical investigation of epitaxial nonstoichiometric Co 2MnGe thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Trudel, Simon ^a,c   Hamrle, Jaroslav ^a   Hillebrands, Burkard ^a   Taira, Tomoyuki ^b   Yamamoto, Masafumi ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN LIGHT SCATTERING; EXCHANGE CONSTANTS; KERR EFFECTS; MAGNETO-OPTICAL; MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECTS; MAGNETOOPTICAL PROPERTIES; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC COMPOSITION; NONSTOICHIOMETRIC; SINGLE-CRYSTAL SUBSTRATES; UNIAXIAL ANISOTROPY;

GERMANIUM; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 77949321961     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3296350     Document Type: Article

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