Electronic structure and anomalous band-edge absorption feature in multiferroic MnWO4: An optical spectroscopic study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Choi, Woo Seok ^a   Taniguchi, K ^b   Moon, S J ^a,f   Seo, S S A ^a,g   Arima, T ^b   Hoang, H ^c,d   Yang, I S ^c   Noh, T W ^a   Lee, Y S ^e  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^d HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Viet Nam)

^e Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77955750391     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.205111     Document Type: Article

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