A spin Esaki diode

Details A spin Esaki diode A spin Esaki diode

2001-10-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0110241v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

11pages, 4figures. Submitted Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Pt2 Express Letter

Scientific paper

We demonstrate electrical electron spin injection via interband tunneling in ferromagnetic/nonmagnetic semiconductor Esaki diodes. An interband tunnel junction between ferromagnetic p+-(Ga,Mn)As and nonmagnetic n+-GaAs under reverse-bias allows spin-polarized tunneling of electrons from the valence band of (Ga,Mn)As to the conduction band of n+-GaAs. The spin polarization of tunneled electrons is probed by circular polarization of electroluminescence (EL) from an n-GaAs/InGaAs/p-GaAs light emitting structure integrated with the diode. Clear hysteresis loop with +-6.5% remanence is observed in the magnetic-field dependence of the EL polarization at 6 K, below the Curie temperature of (Ga,Mn)As.

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