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Electric Field-Controlled Magnetization in GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructures–Chiral Organic Molecules Hybrids

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posted on 2019-02-20, 00:00 authored by Eilam Z. B. Smolinsky, Avner Neubauer, Anup Kumar, Shira Yochelis, Eyal Capua, Raanan Carmieli, Yossi Paltiel, Ron Naaman, Karen Michaeli
We study GaAs/AlGaAs devices hosting a two-dimensional electron gas and coated with a monolayer of chiral organic molecules. We observe clear signatures of room-temperature magnetism, which is induced in these systems by applying a gate voltage. We explain this phenomenon as a consequence of the spin-polarized charges that are injected into the semiconductor through the chiral molecules. The orientation of the magnetic moment can be manipulated by low gate voltages, with a switching rate in the megahertz range. Thus, our devices implement an efficient, electric field-controlled magnetization, which has long been desired for their technical prospects.

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