Thickness dependence of magneto-optical effects in (Ga,Mn)As epitaxial layers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Al Qadi, B ^a   Nishizawa, N ^a   Nishibayashi, K ^a   Kaneko, M ^a   Munekata, H ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; LAYER THICKNESS; LINEARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; MAGNETIC BIREFRINGENCE; MAGNETO-OPTICAL; MODEL-BASED OPC; ROTATION ANGLES; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE;

BIREFRINGENCE; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MANGANESE; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

GALLIUM;

EID: 84862150955     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4724215     Document Type: Article

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