Epitaxial growth and electrical spin injection from Fe (1-x)Gax (001) films on AlGaAs/GaAs (001) heterostructures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Van't Erve, O M J ^a   Li, C H ^a   Kioseoglou, G ^a   Hanbicki, A T ^a   Osofsky, M ^a   Cheng, S F ^a   Jonker, B T ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; IRON ALLOYS; PARTICLE BEAM INJECTION; POINT CONTACTS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ANDREEV REFLECTION; ELECTRICAL SPIN INJECTION; SATURATION FIELDS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 34648821301     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2789702     Document Type: Article

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