Spin injection from perpendicular magnetized ferromagnetic δ-MnGa into (Al,Ga)As heterostructures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Adelmann, C ^a,b   Hilton, J L ^a   Schultz, B D ^a   McKernan, S ^a   Palmstrom C J ^a   Lou, X ^a   Chiang, H S ^a   Crowell, P A ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL SPIN INJECTION; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; SPIN INJECTION; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD;

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 33748689774     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2349833     Document Type: Article

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