Detection of electrical spin injection by light-emitting diodes in top- and side-emission configurations

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2160-2162

  Fiederling, R ^a   Grabs, P ^a   Ossau, W ^a   Schmidt, G ^a   Molenkamp, L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; EXCITONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ELECTRICAL SPIN INJECTION;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 0037475080     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1564873     Document Type: Article

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