Tailoring spin-orbit torque in diluted magnetic semiconductors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 19, 2013, Pages

  Li, Hang ^a   Wang, Xuhui ^a   Doan, Fatih ^a   Manchon, Aurelien ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; DILUTED MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; LINEAR-RESPONSE THEORY; SINGLE LAYER; SPIN ORBITS; SPIN TORQUE; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; STRONG CORRELATION;

MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

TORQUE;

EID: 84877954662     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4806981     Document Type: Article

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