Initial/final state selection of the spin polarization in electron tunneling across an epitaxial FeGaAs (001) interface

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Kurebayashi, H ^a   Steinmuller, S J ^a   Laloe J B ^a   Trypiniotis, T ^a   Easton, S ^a   Ionescu, A ^a   Yates, J R ^a   Bland, J A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; EPITAXIAL FILMS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHOTOEXCITATION;

BIAS REGIME; ENERGY REGION; PHOTON ENERGIES; SPIN FILTERING;

SPIN POLARIZATION;

EID: 34548481264     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2783187     Document Type: Article

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