Spin gain transistor in ferromagnetic semiconductors - The semiconductor bloch-equations approach

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-214

  Nikonov, Dmitri E ^a   Bourianoff, George I ^a  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic materials; Magnetic resonance; Quantum theory; Semiconductor; Spintronics; Transistor

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

BLOCH EQUATIONS APPROACH; FERROMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; SPIN GAIN TRANSISTORS; SPINTRONICS;

TRANSISTORS;

EID: 15844388110     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2004.837847     Document Type: Article

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