Investigation of circularly-polarized-light receivers and emitters

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17206002
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied materials science/Crystal engineering
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: MUNEKATA Hiro Tokyo Institute of Technology, 大学院・理工学研科, 教授 (60270922)
• Project Period (FY): 2005 – 2008
• Keywords: 円偏光 / スピン / フォトダイオード / 発光ダイオード / 磁化才差運動

Research Abstract

円偏光度の電気的検出機能を備えた半導体へテロ構造フォトダイオードの作製と評価、磁場印加不要な環境で円偏光を発する機能を備えた端面型スピン発光ダイオードの作製と評価、および、磁化の光誘起才差運動の実験的機構解明に関する成果を述べる.いづれの成果も、光とスピンを用いて初めて創出可能な新機能「スピンフォトニクス」の大事な芽である.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] SemiconductorWaveguide Optical Isolator IncorporatingFerromagnetic Epitaxial MnSb for TemperatureOperation (2008)
  • Author(s): T. Amemiya, Y. Ogawa, H. Shimizu, H. Munekata and Y. Nakano
  • Journal Title: Appl. Phys. Express 1 Pages: 022002 1-3
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Dependence of layer thickness on magnetism and electrical conduction in ferromagnetic (In, Mn)As/GaSb heterostructures (2008)
  • Author(s): H. Nose, T. Schallenberg and H. Munekata
  • Journal Title: Springer Proceedings in Physics 119 Pages: 23-26
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Photoinduced Precession of Magnetization in Ferromagnetic (Ga, Mn)As (2008)
  • Author(s): Y. Hashimoto, S. Kobayashi and H. Munekata
  • Journal Title: Phys. Rev. Lett 100 Pages: 067202 1-4
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Mesoscopic conductance effects in InMnAs structures (2007)
  • Author(s): S. Lee and A. Trionfi, T. Schallenberg, H. Munekata and D. Natelson
  • Journal Title: Appl. Phys. Lett 90 Pages: 032105 1-3
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Temperature dependence of terahertz emission from InMnAs (2007)
  • Author(s): H. Zhan, J. Deibel, J. Laib, C. Sun, J. Kono, D.M. Mittleman, and H. Munekata
  • Journal Title: Appl. Phys. Lett 90 Pages: 012103 1-3
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Investigation of spin voltaic effect in a p-n heterojunction (2006)
  • Author(s): T. Kondo, J. Hayafuji and H. Munekata
  • Journal Title: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys 45 Pages: L663-L665
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Consideration and detection of spin-dependent transport across semiconductor heterojunction (2006)
  • Author(s): J. Hayafuji, T. Kondo and H. Munekata
  • Journal Title: physica status solidi c 3 Pages: 4196-4199
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Preparation of ferromagnetic (In, Mn)As with a high Curie temperature of 90 K (2006)
  • Author(s): Schallenberg and H. Munekata
  • Journal Title: Appl. Phys. Lett 89 Pages: 042507 1-3
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ferromagnetic resonance study of magnetization relaxation in GaMnAs (2006)
  • Author(s): Y. H. Matsuda, A. Oiwa, K. Tanaka, H. Munekata
  • Journal Title: Physica B376-377 Pages: 668-671
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 光による電荷・スピン注入に基づく磁化の制御 (2006)
  • Author(s): 宗片比呂夫、大岩顕
  • Journal Title: まぐね 1 Pages: 100-107
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Investigation of photoluminescence in GaAs quantum well coupled with a ferromagnetic semiconductor layer of (Ga, Mn)As (2005)
  • Author(s): K. Tanaka and H. Munekata
  • Journal Title: PhysicaE 29 Pages: 570-573
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ultrafast Quenching of Ferromagnetism in InMnAs Induced by Instense Laser Irradiation (2005)
  • Author(s): J. Wang, C. Sun, J. Kono, A. Oiwa, H. Munekata, L. Cywinski and L. J. Sham
  • Journal Title: Phys. Rev. Lett 95 Pages: 167401 1-4
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] スピン素子 : 偏光を情報処理に活用 (2005)
  • Author(s): 宗片比呂夫
  • Journal Title: 日経マイクロエレクトロニクス 8 Pages: 58-59
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] MnSb-GaAs Spin-LED の作製と評価 (2009)
  • Author(s): 照井亘瑠, 半那拓, 宗片比呂夫
  • Organizer: 第56回応物関係連合講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大
  • Year and Date: 2009-04-01
• [Presentation] Observation of Out-of-Plane Spin Injection from MnSb/GaAs spin-LED (2008)
  • Author(s): W. Terui AND H. Munekata
  • Organizer: The 2008 Intern'l Conf. on Solid State Devices and Materials (Sept. 25th, 2008, Tsukuba)
  • Place of Presentation: Extended Abstract
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-25
• [Book] Concepts in Spin Electronics (2006)
  • Author(s): H. Munekata, Oxford Sci. Publications, Oxford
  • Total Pages: 398
  • Publisher: edited by S. Maekawa
• [Book] スピントロニクスの基礎と最前線(猪俣浩一郎監修) (2005)
  • Author(s): 宗片比呂夫
  • Total Pages: 300
  • Publisher: シーエムシー出版
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.isl.titech.ac.jp/~munelab/
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] p-i-n 型円偏光変調発光半導体素子およびレーザ素子 (2006)
  • Inventor(s): 田中健一郎, 宗片比呂夫
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 東京工業大学
  • Industrial Property Number: 世界知的所有権出願PCT-JP2006-301702
  • Filing Date: 2006-01-26
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