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A giant appears in spintronics

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The unusual synergy between magnetism and semiconductivity in the ferromagnetic semiconductor GaMnAs makes it an attractive material for 'spintronics'. Reports of a new giant switching effect lend it an even greater allure.

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Figure 1: The giant planar Hall effect.

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