Introduction to spin-polarized ballistic hot electron injection and detection in silicon

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1951, 2011, Pages 3554-3574

  Appelbaum, Ian ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic hot electron transport; Semiconductor spintronics; Spin injection and detection; Spin precession; Spin polarized electrons

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; OHMIC CONTACTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

HOT-ELECTRON TRANSPORT; SEMICONDUCTOR SPINTRONICS; SPIN INJECTION; SPIN PRECESSION; SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRONS;

HOT ELECTRONS;

FERRIC ION; FERRITE; SILICON;

ANISOTROPY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; HEAT; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICS; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRONS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MAGNETICS; PHYSICS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80054979514     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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