Systematic study of magnetic linear dichroism and birefringence in (Ga,Mn)As

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Tesarova N ^a   Ostatnicky T ^a   Novak V ^b   Olejnik K ^b   Subrt J ^a   Reichlova H ^a,b   Ellis, C T ^c   Mukherjee, A ^c   Lee, J ^c   Sipahi, G M ^c,d   Sinova, J ^b,e   Hamrle, J ^f   Jungwirth, T ^b,g   Nemec P ^a   Cerne J ^c   Vyborny K ^b,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VSB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84894547043     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.89.085203     Document Type: Article

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