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Spin Diffusion in Bulk GaN Measured with MnAs Spin Injector
Physical Review B
  • Shafat Jahangir
  • Fatih Dogan, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Hyun Kum
  • Aurelien Manchon
  • Pallab Bhattacharya
Abstract

Spin injection and precession in bulk wurtzite n-GaN with different doping densities are demonstrated with a ferromagnetic MnAs contact using the three-terminal Hanle measurement technique. Theoretical analysis using minimum fitting parameters indicates that the spin accumulation is primarily in the n-GaN channel rather than at the ferromagnet (FM)/semiconductor (SC) interface states. Spin relaxation in GaN is interpreted in terms of the D'yakonov-Perel mechanism, yielding a maximum spin lifetime of 44 ps and a spin diffusion length of 175 nm at room temperature. Our results indicate that epitaxial ferromagnetic MnAs is a suitable high-temperature spin injector for GaN.

Department(s)
Materials Science and Engineering
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2012 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
7-1-2012
Publication Date
01 Jul 2012
Citation Information
Shafat Jahangir, Fatih Dogan, Hyun Kum, Aurelien Manchon, et al.. "Spin Diffusion in Bulk GaN Measured with MnAs Spin Injector" Physical Review B (2012) ISSN: 2469-9950
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/fatih-dogan/182/