AVS 60th International Symposium and Exhibition
    Nanometer-scale Science and Technology Tuesday Sessions
       Session NS-TuP

Paper NS-TuP17
Construction of a Spin Lab Measurement System to Enable Measurement of Spin Carrier Transport in Materials

Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 6:00 pm, Room Hall B

Session: Nanometer-scale Science and Technology Poster Session
Presenter: W. Nolting, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Authors: W. Nolting, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
A. Jayanthinarasimham, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
A. Matsubayashi, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
V.P. LaBella, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
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Measuring electron spin transport metrics of materials and devices is becoming increasingly important as there is a great desire to fabricate devices that utilize the spin of the electron as well as its charge. This creates a need to measure ultra-low current without creating an increase in the signal-to-noise ratio with variable temperature and magnetic fields. In this poster we will present our custom built spin transport measurement system called the “Spin Lab Measurement System” (SLMS). This system can perform spin relaxation time measurements using non-local spin detection with spin precession (i.e. Hanle technique), along with other standard measurements such as Hall Effect, spin Hall Effect, Kondo Effect and other transport measurements. We will also describe how to measure spin Hall effect (SHE) using the SLMS. Two Primary measurements are able to be carried out, the spin Hall effect and non-local spin detection with spin precession.