Electrical spin accumulation with improved bias voltage dependence in a crystalline CoFe/MgO/Si system

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 26, 2011, Pages

  Jeon, Kun Rok ^a   Min, Byoung Chul ^b   Shin, Il Jae ^b   Park, Chang Yup ^a   Lee, Hun Sung ^a   Jo, Young Hun ^c   Shin, Sung Chul ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAS DEPENDENCE; BIAS POLARITY; BIAS VOLTAGE DEPENDENCE; SPIN LIFETIMES; SPIN SIGNAL; SPIN-ACCUMULATIONS; SPIN-DIFFUSION LENGTH; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TUNNEL CONTACTS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

BIAS VOLTAGE;

EID: 79960098760     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3600787     Document Type: Article

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