Local spin valve effect in lateral (Ga,Mn)As/GaAs spin Esaki diode devices

We report here on a local spin valve effect observed unambiguously in lateral all-semiconductor all-electrical spin injection devices, employing p+ −(Ga,Mn)As/n+ −GaAs Esaki diode structures as spin aligning contacts. We discuss the observed local spin-valve signal as a result of the interplay betwe...

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Main Authors: M. Ciorga, C. Wolf, A. Einwanger, M. Utz, D. Schuh, D. Weiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2011-06-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3591397