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Surprising spin behavior at room temperature
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been the introduction of spin degrees of freedom to semiconductors, which
are essential components of modern electronic and photonic applications.
However, most experiments investigating spin manipulation in
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Recently, Nozomi Nishizawa and Hiro Munekata and colleagues, from the
Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, examined the
behavior of spinpolarized lightemitting diodes (LEDs) at room temperature
and without an external magnetic field. Hence, they achieved the unexpected
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result of almost purely circularly polarized (CP) electroluminescence (EL).
The LEDs used in the study contained an epitaxial double heterostructure
(sandwichlike structure) of AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs, a crystalline AlOx tunnel
barrier (for electrical stability during operation), and a polycrystalline Fe in
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plane spin injector. During operation, spins of a given type were injected into
the device. Spin relaxation then caused these spins to disperse and adopt
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other orthogonal orientations. Radiative recombination subsequently
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occurred, which was observed in the form of a linearly polarized emission.
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Experiments on the LED chips showed that a higher current density
generated an increase in the emission intensity. Nishizawa and coworkers Beampowered propulsion keeping the beam
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also noted that the difference between the left and righthanded EL
components increased with the current density. Specifically, the intensity of New energy creation 1 hour ago
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the lefthanded minority component decreased with increased current density,
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whereas that of the righthanded majority component increased linearly. of a tube 1 hour ago
Therefore, when the current density was sufficiently high (~ 100 A/scm),
almost pure CP was achieved. Investigating this behavior in more detail, the Problems from Lev Landau's "Theoretical
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researchers found that ptype doping in the active layer allowed the CP
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observation, which arose from spindependent nonlinear processes occurring
at a sufficiently high current density.
In the future, higher current densities will be applied in order to elucidate the
mechanism behind these nonlinear processes and to investigate the
possibility of stimulated CP emission in other geometries. Other important
avenues of investigation also exist, e.g., potential spinLED applications in
secure optical communications, cancer diagnosis, and optically enhanced
nuclei imaging.
Explore further: Clues on the development of magnetic sensors with
pure spin current
More information: Nozomi Nishizawa et al, Pure circular polarization
electroluminescence at room temperature with spinpolarized lightemitting
diodes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2017). DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1609839114
Journal reference: Proceedings of the National 29 shares
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Provided by: Tokyo Institute of Technology
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