Cross-sectional imaging of spin injection into a semiconductor

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 872-877

  Kotissek, P ^a   Bailleul, M ^a,b   Sperl, M ^a   Spitzer, A ^a   Schuh, D ^a   Wegscheider, W ^a   Back, C H ^a   Bayreuther, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SPIN POLARIZATION; SPINTRONICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL IMAGING; ELECTRICAL SPIN INJECTION; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; FERROMAGNETIC CONTACTS; LIMITED INFORMATION; SPIN ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SPIN DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPIN POLARIZED CURRENTS;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

EID: 36749024647     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys734     Document Type: Article

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