Induced magnetic moment of Eu3+ ions in GaN

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kachkanov, V ^a   Wallace, M J ^b   Van Der Laan, G ^a   Dhesi, S S ^a   Cavill, S A ^a   Fujiwara, Y ^c   O'Donnell, K P ^b  

^a DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84871791755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00969     Document Type: Article

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