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Xin Jiang

   

Education:

PhD candidate Applied Physics                 Stanford University, 9/1998-present     

BS Physics                                                Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 6/1998

BS Automatic Control                              Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 6/1998

Experience:

Research Assistant                                  Stanford University, 9/1998-present

Studied spin-dependent hot electron transport in magnetic tunnel transistors.  Fabricated and optimized magnetic tunnel transistors by growing metal and oxide thin films on semiconductor substrates.  Conducted electrical measurements to characterize device properties and to investigate the influence of scattering processes in the metals and at the metal/metal or metal/semiconductor interfaces, and the influence of the semiconductor electronic structure on the electron transport.  Interpreted the experiments through model calculations.  Demonstrated huge magnetocurrent effect of more than 3400%.

Demonstrated high spin injection efficiency from ferromagnetic metal/tunnel barrier injectors into GaAs quantum well structures.  Conducted spin-polarized electroluminescence experiments in a superconducting magnet cryostat.  Studied the temperature and bias dependence of the spin polarization and understood the spin relaxation mechanisms in the semiconductor.

Skills:

Thin film deposition

Magnetron sputtering, ion beam sputtering, evaporation.

Device characterization

Electrical transport measurements, wire bonding, electroluminescence measurements. superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer, profilometer.

Equipment setup and maintenance

Vacuum systems, cryostats, experiment automation, hardware/software interfacing.

Programming

LabView, Matlab, Mathematica, C, Fortune.

Honors:

Stanford Graduate Fellowship                                   Stanford University, 1998-2001

BS in Physics with honor                                         Tsinghua University, 1998

Ye Qi-Sun Fellowship                                              Tsinghua University, 1997

Dong Shi Oriental Fellowship                                   Tsinghua University, 1996

First-Prize in “Challenge Cup Contest”                     Tsinghua University, 1996

First-class Scholarship                                             Tsinghua University, 1995

Third-class Scholarship                                            Tsinghua University, 1994

Papers:

X. Jiang, S. van Dijken, R. Wang, and S. S. P. Parkin, “Bias Voltage Dependence of Magnetocurrent in Magnetic Tunnel Transistors”, Phys. Rev. B, (accepted).

X. Jiang, R. Wang, S. van Dijken, R. Shelby, R. Macfarlane, G. Solomon, J. Harris, and S. S. P. Parkin, “Optical Detection of Hot-Electron Spin Injection into GaAs from a Magnetic Tunnel Transistor Source”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 256603 (2003)*.

 

S. van Dijken, X. Jiang, and S. S. P. Parkin, “Non-Monotonic Bias Voltage Dependence of the Magneto-Collector Current in GaAs-Based Magnetic Tunnel Transistors”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 197203 (2003)*.

 

S. S. P. Parkin, X. Jiang, C. Kaiser, A. Panchula, K. Roche, and M. Samant, “Magnetically Engineered Spintronic Sensors and Memory”, Proc. IEEE 91, 661 (2003).

 

S. van Dijken, X. Jiang, and S. S. P. Parkin, “Giant Magnetocurrent Exceeding 3400% in Magnetic Tunnel Transistors with Spin-Valve Base Layers”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 951 (2003)*.

 

S. van Dijken, X. Jiang, and S. S. P. Parkin, “Comparison of magnetocurrent and transfer ratio in magnetic tunnel transistors with spin-valve bases containing Cu and Au spacer layers”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 775 (2003)*.

 

S. van Dijken, X. Jiang, and S. S. P. Parkin, “Spin-Dependent Hot Electron Transport in NiFe and CoFe Films on GaAs (001)”, Phys. Rev. B, 66, 094417 (2002)*.

 

S. van Dijken, X. Jiang, and S. S. P. Parkin, “Room Temperature Operation of a High Output Magnetic Tunnel Transistor”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 3364 (2002).

X. Jiang, A. F. Panchula, and S. S. P. Parkin, “Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with ZnSe Barriers”, submitted.

 

X. Jiang, R. Shelby, R. Wang, R. Macfarlane, S. Bank, G. Solomon, J. Harris, and S. S. P. Parkin, “Enhanced Spin Injection into GaAs from a Ferromagnetic Metal/Tunnel  Barrier Injector”, to be submitted.

 

S. van Dijken, X. Jiang, and S. S. P. Parkin, “Influence of Nonmagnetic Seed Layers on the Magnetoelectronic Properties of Magnetic Tunnel Transistors with a Silicon Collector”, to be submitted.

 

*Also selected for the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.

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