Magnetic ground state of an individual Fe2+ ion in strained semiconductor nanostructure
Iron Fe2+ions embedded in semiconductor matrix usually have zero magnetic moment in the ground state. Here, the authors show theoretically and experimentally that a nearly doubly degenerate magnetic ground state is produced when iron ions are subjected to strain in epitaxial quantum dots, suggesting...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10484 |