Electron spin injection into GaAs from ferromagnetic contacts in remanence

  • N. C. Gerhardt*
  • , S. Hövel
  • , C. Brenner
  • , M. R. Hofmann
  • , F. Y. Lo
  • , D. Reuter
  • , A. D. Wieck
  • , E. Schuster
  • , W. Keune
  • , K. Westerholt
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We demonstrate electrical spin injection into a (GaIn) AsGaAs light-emitting diode from the remanent state of ferromagnetic contacts in perpendicular geometry. Using a FeTb multilayer structure with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and a reverse-biased Schottky contact, we achieve a circular polarization degree of the emitted light of 0.75% at 90 K.

Original languageEnglish
Article number032502
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume87
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005 Jul 18
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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