Temperature dependence of electroluminescence and I–V characteristics of ferromagnetic/non-magnetic semiconductor pn junctions

We investigated the temperature dependence of the electroluminescence and I–V characteristics of hybrid ferromagnetic/non-magnetic semiconductor pn junction light emitting diodes, which is used for spin-injection experiments reported earlier. The observed temperature dependence is found to be reproduced by a reference sample of non-magnetic p-GaAs/(In,Ga)As/n-GaAs with an undoped (Al,Ga)As spacer layer. This suggests the existence of potential barrier at the (Ga,Mn)As/GaAs interface.