Effects of N-doping on magnetic properties of ZnCoO diluted magnetic semiconductor thin films

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1565-1568

  Lee, Yuhua ^a   Lee, J C ^a   Su, Chiung Wu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Magnetic semiconductor; Magnetron sputtering; Nitrogen doping; ZnCoO

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; FERROMAGNETISM; FLOW OF GASES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; METALLIC FILMS; MIXTURES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDE MINERALS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; THIN FILMS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION; MAGNETIC PHASE DIAGRAMS; NITROGEN-DOPING; P-TYPE CONDUCTION; RADIO FREQUENCY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SPUTTERING TARGET; ZNCOO; ZNCOO DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77952818768     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2010.2041045     Document Type: Article

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