Spintronics Development Gets Boost with New Findings into Ferromagnetism in Mn-doped GaAs (IMAGE)

Tohoku University

Spintronics Development Gets Boost with New Findings into Ferromagnetism in Mn-doped GaAs

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Fig.1: Crystal structure of (Ga,Mn)As. Mn ions substituted for Ga have a magnetic moment, and the magnetic moment of each Mn ion aligns along the same direction when (Ga,Mn)As becomes a ferromagnet.

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