Epitaxial growth and properties of GdN, EuN and SmN thin films

Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 605-608

  Natali, Franck ^a   Ludbrook, Bart ^a   Galipaud, Jules ^a   Plank, Natalie ^a   Granville, Simon ^a   Preston, Andrew ^a   Do, Bin Le ^a   Richter, Jan ^a   Farrell, Ian ^b   Reeves, Roger ^b   Durbin, Steve ^b,c   Trodahl, Joe ^a   Ruck, Ben ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitaxial growth; Ferromagnetic; Rare earth nitrides; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

ALN; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; FERROMAGNETIC; MAGNETIC AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR NITROGEN; NITRIDE THIN FILMS; NITROGEN SOURCES; PLASMA CELLS; RARE EARTH ATOMS; RECENT PROGRESS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

GALLIUM NITRIDE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; NITROGEN PLASMA; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THIN FILMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 84858830748     PISSN: 18626351     EISSN: 16101642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssc.201100363     Document Type: Article

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