Identifying the character of ferromagnetic Mn in epitaxial Fe/(Ga,Mn)As heterostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Sperl, M ^a   MacCherozzi, F ^b   Borgatti, F ^c   Verna, A ^d   Rossi, G ^d,e   Soda, M ^a   Schuh, D ^a   Bayreuther, G ^a   Wegscheider, W ^a   Cezar, J C ^f   Yakhou, F ^f   Brookes, N B ^f   Back, C H ^a   Panaccione, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^f EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

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EID: 77954823310     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.035211     Document Type: Article

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