Electron spin filtering by thin GaNAs/GaAs multiquantum wells

• Effectiveness of the recently discovered defect-engineered spin-filtering effect is closely examined in GaNAs/GaAs multiquantum wells (QWs) as a function of QW width. In spite of narrow well widths of 3-9 nm, rather efficient spin filtering is achieved at room temperature. It leads to electron spin polarization larger than 18% and an increase in photoluminescence intensity by 65% in the 9 nm wide QWs. A weaker spin filtering effect is observed in the narrower QWs, mainly due to a reduced sheet concentration of spin-filtering defects (e.g., Ga-i interstitial defects).

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

electron spin polarisation

gallium arsenide

III-V semiconductors

nitrogen compounds

photoluminescence

semiconductor quantum wells

TECHNOLOGY

TEKNIKVETENSKAP

Semiconductor physics

Halvledarfysik

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