Efficient electrical spin injection from a magnetic metal/tunnel barrier contact into a semiconductor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1240-1242

  Hanbicki, A T ^a   Jonker, B T ^a   Itskos, G ^b   Kioseoglou, G ^b   Petrou, A ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER CONTACTS; CARRIER SPIN POLARIZATION; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; ELECTRICAL SPIN INJECTION; FERROMAGNETIC METAL; INJECTION EFFICIENCY; MAGNETIC METALS; REVERSE BIAS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; SELECTION RULES; SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; SPIN TRANSPORT; SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRONS; TUNNEL BARRIER;

SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SPIN POLARIZATION;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 79956059593     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1449530     Document Type: Article

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