Electrical spin injection in a ferromagnetic metal/insulator/semiconductor tunnel heterostructure

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 671-678

  Motsnyi, V F ^a,b   Safarov, V I ^c   Van Dorpe, P ^a   Das, J ^a   Van Roy, W ^a   Goovaerts, E ^b   Borghs, G ^a   De Boeck, J ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Emission of circular polarization; Oblique Hanle effect; Spin precession; Spin injection; Spin LED; Spintronics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TUNNELING; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; LIGHT EMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLARIZATION; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

EMISSION OF CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; OBLIQUE HANLE EFFECT; SPIN INJECTION; SPIN PRECESSION; SPIN-LED; SPINTRONICS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 1042293976     PISSN: 15571939     EISSN: 15571947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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