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Magnetically Controlled Photovoltaic Diode Structure

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We propose a new integrated device for spintronics application, which is based on a hybrid metal-semiconductor structure. The device consists of a Si-based p-i-n photodetector sandwiched between two layers of a ferromagnetic metal (3d ferromagnet or half-metallic compound). The photocurrent flowing in such a system is shown to depend on its magnetic configuration. This, in turn, allows controlling the device performance by an externally applied magnetic field. We have estimated magnitude of the effect and also determined the role of relevant material parameters.

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  1. Department of Electronics and Communications, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Rua Conselheiro Emidio Navarro, 1949-014, Lisbon, Portugal

    V. K. Dugaev & M. Vieira

  2. Institute for Materials Science Problems, Vilde 5, 58001, Chernovtsy, Ukraine

    V. K. Dugaev

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada

    Yu. Vygranenko

  4. WaveBand Corporation, Suite 1105, 375 Van Ness Ave., Torrance, CA, 90501, USA

    V. I. Litvinov

  5. Department of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, and Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. M. Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179, Poznań, Poland

    J. Barnaś

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Dugaev, V.K., Vygranenko, Y., Vieira, M. et al. Magnetically Controlled Photovoltaic Diode Structure. MRS Online Proceedings Library 721, 51 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-721-E5.1

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