Analysis of the transport process providing spin injection through an Fe/AlGaAs Schottky barrier

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4092-4094

  Hanbicki, A T ^a   Van't Erve, O M J ^a   Magno, R ^a   Kioseoglou, G ^a   Li, C H ^a   Jonker, B T ^a   Itskos, G ^b   Mallory, R ^b   Yasar, M ^b   Petrou, A ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MIM DEVICES; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ELECTRON-SPIN POLARIZATION;

SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

EID: 0038505239     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1580631     Document Type: Article

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