Oscillatory spin polarization and magneto-optical kerr effect in Fe 3O4 thin films on GaAs(001)

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Li, Yan ^a   Han, Wei ^a   Swartz, A G ^a   Pi, K ^a   Wong, J J I ^a   MacK, S ^b   Awschalom, D D ^b   Kawakami, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAAS(001); MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECTS; OSCILLATORY BEHAVIORS; QUANTUM-WELL STATE; SIGN REVERSAL; SPIN-POLARIZED; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE;

GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SPIN DYNAMICS; THIN FILMS;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 77957905921     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.167203     Document Type: Article

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