Unipolar spin diodes and transistors
Author(s) -
Michael E. Flatté,
Giovanni Vignale
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
applied physics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.182
H-Index - 442
eISSN - 1077-3118
pISSN - 0003-6951
DOI - 10.1063/1.1348317
Subject(s) - transistor , diode , materials science , bipolar junction transistor , ferromagnetism , optoelectronics , magnetization , condensed matter physics , spin (aerodynamics) , electrical engineering , physics , voltage , magnetic field , engineering , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
Unipolar devices constructed from ferromagnetic semiconducting materials withvariable magnetization direction are shown theoretically to behave verysimilarly to nonmagnetic bipolar devices such as the p-n diode and the bipolar(junction) transistor. Such devices may be applicable for magnetic sensing,nonvolatile memory, and reprogrammable logic.
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