The Contribution of Hot Electron Spin Polarization to the Magnetotransport in a Spin-Valve Transistor at Finite Temperatures

The effect of spin mixing due to thermal spin waves and temperature dependence of hot electron spin polarization to the collector current in a spin-valve transistor has been theoretically explored. We calculate the collector current as well as the temperature dependence of magnetocurrent at finite temperatures to investigate the relative importance of spin mixing and hot electron spin polarization. In this study the inelastic scattering events in ferromagnetic layers have been taken into account to explore our interests. The theoretical calculations suggest that the temperature dependence of hot electron spin polarization has substantial contribution to the magnetotransport in the spin-valve transistor. Typeset using REVTEX