电场对磁化矢量进行操纵
D Chiba1, M Sawicki, Y Nishitani
1Semiconductor Spintronics Project, Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Sanban-cho 5, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan.
Nature
|September 27, 2008
概括
研究人员展示了铁磁半导体中电场对磁化的控制. 这一突破允许对磁性质进行直接的电气操纵,为与半导体技术兼容的新型自旋电子设备铺平了道路.
科学领域:
- 凝聚物质物理学 凝聚物质物理学
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 半导体螺旋电子学 半导体螺旋电子学
背景情况:
- 传统的半导体设备使用电场来控制导电性来处理信息.
- 磁性材料对于数据存储至关重要,磁化是由电流产生的磁场操纵的.
- 对磁化的直接电场控制对于将磁功能集成到半导体设备中是非常理想的.
研究的目的:
- 为了实现铁磁半导体中磁化的直接电气控制.
- 探索电荷载体度和磁性异构性之间的关系.
- 展示使用电场操纵磁化的方法.
主要方法:
- 使用金属绝缘体半导体结构来应用电场.
- 调查了铁磁半导体 (Ga,Mn) 的存在.
- 孔度的相关变化与磁性异质变化的变化.
主要成果:
- 证明了仅通过 (Ga,Mn) As.As. 的电场来操纵磁化方向.
- 确定磁性异构性取决于电荷载体 (孔) 度.
- 证明电场的应用改变了孔的度,从而控制了磁性异构性.
结论:
- 在铁磁半导体中,可以直接通过电场控制磁化.
- 这种方法为开发先进的自旋电子设备提供了一条途径.
- 这些发现弥合了半导体电子和磁性技术之间的差距.
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