Nearly non-magnetic valence band of the ferromagnetic semiconductor GaMnAs

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 342-347

  Ohya, Shinobu ^a   Takata, Kenta ^a   Tanaka, Masaaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; RESONANT TUNNELING; VALENCE BANDS;

ETCHING TECHNIQUE; EXCHANGE SPLITTING; FERROMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTOR; HIGH CURIE TEMPERATURE; IMPURITY BANDS; MN CONCENTRATIONS; NONMAGNETICS; SEMICONDUCTOR SPINTRONICS;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79953681019     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1905     Document Type: Article

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