Electrical detection of Spin accumulation at a ferromagnet-semiconductor interface

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Lou, X ^a   Adelmann, C ^a,c   Furis, M ^b   Crooker, S A ^b   Palmstrom C J ^a   Crowell, P A ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

ELECTRICAL DETECTION; FERROMAGNET-SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES; SPIN ACCUMULATION; VOLTAGE DROP;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 33646363043     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.176603     Document Type: Article

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