Magnetocurrent in a bipolar spin transistor at room temperature

  • Y. W. Huang*
  • , C. K. Lo
  • , Y. D. Yao
  • , L. C. Hsieh
  • , J. J. Ju
  • , D. R. Huang
  • , J. H. Huang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A spin transistor consisting of a metallic giant magnetoresistance emitter, a copper base, and a p-n junction was discussed. It was observed that the emitter current changes from 1 mA at a magnetically parallel state to 0.968 mA at a magnetically antiparallel state. At the same states the base currents were found to be 29.3 μA and 333 nA, respectively, giving a magnetocurrent ratio of ∼8600% and a transfer ratio of 3×10-2 at room temperature for a common collector configuration. It was found that the sensivity of this spin device is higher than 4000 %/Oe.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2959-2961
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume85
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004 Oct 4
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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