Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2001-08-19
Physics
Condensed Matter
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Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.64.161304
Epitaxial ferromagnetic metal - semiconductor heterostructures are investigated using polarization-dependent electroabsorption measurements on GaAs p-type and n-type Schottky diodes with embedded In1-xGaxAs quantum wells. We have conducted studies as a function of photon energy, bias voltage, magnetic field, and excitation geometry. For optical pumping with circularly polarized light at energies above the band edge of GaAs, photocurrents with spin polarizations on the order of 1 % flow from the semiconductor to the ferromagnet under reverse bias. For optical pumping at normal incidence, this polarization may be enhanced significantly by resonant excitation at the quantum well ground-state. Measurements in a side-pumping geometry, in which the ferromagnet can be saturated in very low magnetic fields, show hysteresis that is also consistent with spin-dependent transport. Magneto-optical effects that influence these measurements are discussed.
Carr D. M.
Crowell Paul A.
Isakovic A. F.
Palmstrom C. J.
Schultz Daniel Brian
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