Spin-polarized transport in inhomogeneous magnetic semiconductors: Theory of magnetic/nonmagnetic p-n junctions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 66603/1-66603/4

  Žutić, Igor ^a   Fabian, Jaroslav ^a,b   Das Sarma, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

MAGNETIC JUNCTIONS; NONMAGNETIC JUNCTIONS; SPIN POLARIZED TRANSPORT; SPIN VALVE EFFECT; SPIN VOLTAIC EFFECT; SPINTRONIC;

MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 0037060205     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.066603     Document Type: Article

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