Electrical detection of spin transport in lateral ferromagnet-semiconductor devices

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-202

  Lou, Xiaohua ^a   Adelmann, Christoph ^a   Crooker, Scott A ^b   Garlid, Eric S ^a   Zhang, Jianjie ^a   Reddy, K S Madhukar ^a   Flexner, Soren D ^a   Palmstrøm, Chris J ^a   Crowell, Paul A ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ELECTRICAL DETECTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL POTENTIAL; FERROMAGNETIC CONTACTS; RELIABLE ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR SPINTRONICS; SPIN-POLARIZED CARRIERS; SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRONS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 33847372049     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys543     Document Type: Article

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