Electrical spin injection into Si: A comparison between Fe/Si Schottky and Fe/ Al2 O3 tunnel contacts

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Kioseoglou, G ^a,b   Hanbicki, A T ^a   Goswami, R ^a,c   Van T Erve, O M J ^a   Li, C H ^a   Spanos, G ^a   Thompson, P E ^a   Jonker, B T ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; POLARIZATION; RARE EARTH ALLOYS; SILICON; SPIN DYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNNELS;

COMPLEX INTERFACES; ELECTRICAL SPIN INJECTIONS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; HETEROSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PHONON EMISSIONS; SCHOTTKY; SCHOTTKY CONTACTS; SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRONS; TUNNEL BARRIERS; TUNNEL CONTACTS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 63549109867     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3099049     Document Type: Article

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