Focus Session: Spins in Semiconductors - Spin Torque and Spin Injection

Presentations

• Spin Torque Switching in GaMnAs Magnetic Tunnel Junctions

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 2:30 PM – March 22, 2011, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • Lin Xue

    • Cornell University

  • R. A. Buhrman

    • Cornell University

  • D.C. Ralph

    • Cornell University

  • D.W. Rench

    • Physics Dept., Penn State University

  • M.J. Wilson

    • Physics Dept., Penn State University

  • P. Schiffer

    • Physics Dept., Penn State University

  • N. Samarth

    • Physics Dept., Penn State University

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• Theory of current-induced torque in uniform ferromagnets

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 2:42 PM – March 22, 2011, 2:54 PM

  Authors

  • Karel Vyborny

    • Institute of Physics, ASCR
    • Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Rep

  • Liviu P. Z\^arbo

    • Institute of Physics, ASCR
    • Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Rep
    • Institute of Physics ASCR, CZ

  • T. Jungwirth

    • Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Rep; School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham

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• Intrinsic spin-orbit coupling effects on spin and charge pumping in magnetic tunnel junctions with microwave-driven precessing magnetization

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 2:54 PM – March 22, 2011, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Farzad Mahfouzi

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711, USA

  • Branislav Nikolic

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711, USA

  • Naoto Nagaosa

    • Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
    • University of Tokyo

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• Manipulation of ferromagnetic state by means of spin-orbit interactions

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 22, 2011, 3:06 PM – March 22, 2011, 3:42 PM

  Authors

  • Leonid Rokhinson

    • Purdue University

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• Ferromagnetic resonance driven by current-induced torque in uniform ferromagnetic micro-structures

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 3:42 PM – March 22, 2011, 3:54 PM

  Authors

  • H. Kurebayashi

    • University of Cambridge

  • D. Fang

    • University of Cambridge

  • J. Wunderlich

    • Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory

  • Karel Vyborny

    • Institute of Physics, ASCR
    • Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Rep

  • Liviu P. Z\^arbo

    • Institute of Physics, ASCR
    • Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Rep
    • Institute of Physics ASCR, CZ

  • R.P. Campion

    • University of Nottingham

  • A. Casiraghi

    • University of Nottingham

  • B.L. Gallagher

    • University of Nottingham

  • T. Jungwirth

    • Institute of Physics, ASCR

  • A.J. Ferguson

    • University of Cambridge

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• Non-local spin transport devices with a tunable channel

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 3:54 PM – March 22, 2011, 4:06 PM

  Authors

  • J. Misuraca

    • Department of Physics, Florida State University

  • J.-I. Kim

    • Department of Physics, Florida State University

  • P. Xiong

    • Department of Physics, Florida State University

  • S. von Molnar

    • Department of Physics, Florida State University

  • K.K. Meng

    • Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • J. Lu

    • Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • J.H. Zhao

    • Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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• Electron Charge and Spin Transport in Ferromagnet/Semiconductor Schottky Barrier Heterostructures

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 4:06 PM – March 22, 2011, 4:18 PM

  Authors

  • Qi Hu

  • Chris Palmstrom

    • University of California at Santa Barbara

  • Eric Garlid

  • Chad Geppert

  • Paul Crowell

    • University of Minnesota

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• Dependence of spin-injection spectra of CoFe/GaAs contacts on temperature and annealing conditions

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 4:18 PM – March 22, 2011, 4:30 PM

  Authors

  • Gian Salis

    • IBM Research - Zurich

  • Andreas Fuhrer

  • Santos F. Alvarado

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• Electrical Measurements of the Extrinsic Spin Hall Effect in Fe/In$_{x}$Ga$_{1-x}$As Heterostructures

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 4:30 PM – March 22, 2011, 4:42 PM

  Authors

  • Chad Geppert

    • University of Minnesota

  • Eric Garlid

    • University of Minnesota

  • M.K. Chan$^1$

    • University of Minnesota

  • Paul Crowell

    • University of Minnesota

  • Qi Hu

    • University of California at Santa Barbara

  • Chris Palmstrom

    • University of California Santa Barbara
    • University of California at Santa Barbara
    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Ab initio Investigation of the Failure of Efficient Spin-Injection in Fe/GaAs Superlattices

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 4:42 PM – March 22, 2011, 4:54 PM

  Authors

  • Sinead Griffin

    • ETH Z\"urich

  • Nicola Spaldin

    • Dept. Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
    • ETH Z\"urich
    • Materials Department, University of California Santa Barbara / Department of Materials, ETH Zurich
    • UC Santa Barbara
    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Lateral spin injection and detection through electrodeposited Fe/GaAs interfaces

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 4:54 PM – March 22, 2011, 5:06 PM

  Authors

  • Sarmita Majumder

    • SFU

  • Anthony Arrott

    • SFU

  • Karen Kavanagh

    • SFU

  • Anthony Spring Thorpe

    • CMC

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• All-electrical spin injection and detection in an AlGaN/GaN two-dimensional electron gas

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 5:06 PM – March 22, 2011, 5:18 PM

  Authors

  • D.R. Hoy

    • Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

  • Y. Pu

    • Department of Physics and Center for Emergent Materials, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

  • S.D. Carnevale

    • Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

  • Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin

    • Ohio State University
    • Department of Physics and Center for Emergent Materials, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
    • The Ohio State University

  • Roberto Myers

    • Ohio State University
    • Department of Physics and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

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• Studies of spin injection into thin film InSb from CoFe

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 5:18 PM – March 22, 2011, 5:30 PM

  Authors

  • Yong-Jae Kim

    • Virginia Tech

  • R.L. Kallaher

    • Virginia Tech

  • J.J. Heremans

    • Virginia Tech

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