Induced magnetic moment of Eu3+ ions in GaN

V. Kachkanov; M. J. Wallace; G. van der Laan; S. S. Dhesi; S. A. Cavill; Y. Fujiwara; K. P. O'Donnell

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Induced magnetic moment of Eu3+ ions in GaN

V. Kachkanov M. J. Wallace G. van der Laan

S. S. Dhesi S. A. Cavill Y. Fujiwara K. P. O'Donnell

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Institut de Physique des Nanostructures, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.; Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany.; Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Area Science Park, I-34012 Trieste, Italy.; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, F-38043 Grenoble, France.; Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany.

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V. Kachkanov, M. J. Wallace, G. van der Laan, et al. (2012). Induced magnetic moment of Eu3+ ions in GaN. Scientific Reports, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00969

Induced magnetic moment of Eu3+ ions in GaN

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