AVS 51st International Symposium
    Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Tuesday Sessions

Session MI-TuM
Spintronics

Tuesday, November 16, 2004, 8:20 am, Room 304A
Moderator: C.J. Palmstrøm, University of Minnesota


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8:20am MI-TuM1 Invited Paper
Semiconductor Spintronics: From Basic Physics towards Spin Devices
M. Oestreich, D. Hägele, J. Rudolph, S. Döhrmann, R. Winkler, Universität Hannover, Germany, H.M. Gibbs, G. Khitrova, University of Arizona, D. Schuh, M. Bichler, Technische Universität München, Germany, W. Stolz, Universität Marburg, Germany
9:00am MI-TuM3
Characterization of Thin Film MnGa/GaAs(001) Heterostructures
J.L. Hilton, B.D. Schultz, S. McKernan, C.J. Palmstrøm, University of Minnesota
9:20am MI-TuM4
Co@sub 2@MnGe/Ga@sub 1-x@Al@sub x@As Heterostructures: Growth, Characterization and Spin Injection
X.Y. Dong, C. Adelmann, J. Strand, X. Lou, S. McKernan, J.Q. Xie, B.D. Schultz, University of Minnesota, A.K. Petford-Long, University of Oxford, P.A. Crowell, C.J. Palmström, University of Minnesota
9:40am MI-TuM5
Determination of the Influence of the Interfacial Formation and the Semiconductor Doping Profiles on the Spin Injection from Fe@sub x@Co@sub 1-x@ Contacts into Ga@sub x@Al@sub 1-x@As
C. Adelmann, X.Y. Dong, B.D. Schultz, C.J. Palmstrøm, J. Strand, X. Lou, P.A. Crowell, University of Minnesota, S. Park, M.R. Fitzsimmons, Los Alamos National Laboratory
10:00am MI-TuM6
Growth and Magnetic Properties of Group-IV Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors
Y.F. Chiang, R.K. Kawakami, University of California, Riverside
10:20am MI-TuM7 Invited Paper
Universal Scaling of Magnetoconductance in Magnetic Nanoconstrictions@footnote *@
S.-H. Chung, University of Maryland, College Park, Argonne National Laboratory
11:00am MI-TuM9 Invited Paper
Spin-Transfer Torque in a Single Ferromagnetic Layer
Y. Ji, Argonne National Lab, T.Y. Chen, C.L. Chien, Johns Hopkins University, M.D. Stiles, National Institute of Standards and Technology
11:40am MI-TuM11
Magneto-Resistance in Epitaxial Nano-Contacts for Spintronic Device Applications
D. Pearson, R.A. Lukaszew, University of Toledo