Electrical injection and detection of spin-polarized electrons in silicon through an Fe3 Si/Si Schottky tunnel barrier

Y. Ando; K. Hamaya; K. Kasahara; Y. Kishi; K. Ueda; K. Sawano; T. Sadoh; M. Miyao

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Electrical injection and detection of spin-polarized electrons in silicon through an Fe₃ Si/Si Schottky tunnel barrier

Y. Ando, K. Hamaya, K. Kasahara, Y. Kishi, K. Ueda, K. Sawano, T. Sadoh, M. Miyao

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We demonstrate electrical injection and detection of spin-polarized electrons in silicon (Si) using epitaxially grown Fe₃ Si/Si Schottky-tunnel-barrier contacts. By an insertion of a δ -doped n ⁺ -Si layer (∼ 10¹⁹ cm^-3) near the interface between a ferromagnetic Fe₃ Si contact and a Si channel (∼ 10¹⁵ cm^-3), we achieve a marked enhancement in the tunnel conductance for reverse-bias characteristics of the Fe₃ Si/Si Schottky diodes. Using laterally fabricated four-probe geometries with the modified Fe₃ Si/Si contacts, we detect nonlocal output signals that originate from the spin accumulation in a Si channel at low temperatures.

Original language	English
Article number	182105
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	94
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3130211
Publication status	Published - 2009

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