Electrical spin injection in a ferromagnet/tunnel barrier/semiconductor heterostructure

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 265-267

  Motsnyi, V F ^a   De Boeck, J ^a   Das, J ^a   Van Roy, W ^a   Borghs, G ^a   Goovaerts, E ^b   Safarov, V I ^c  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER CONTACTS; ELECTRICAL SPIN INJECTION; ELECTRON SPINS; EMITTED LIGHT; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FERROMAGNETIC METAL; FERROMAGNETS; II-IV SEMICONDUCTORS; IN-PLANE; INJECTED ELECTRONS; OUT-OF-PLANE COMPONENTS; SPIN ORIENTATIONS; SPIN-LED;

ELECTROSPINNING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; POLARIZATION; SPIN DYNAMICS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 79956043366     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1491010     Document Type: Article

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