Experimental data promising exciting possibilities for quantum tunneling in multilayers and heterostructures with ferromagnetic semiconductors are comprehensively surveyed for the first time. The practical utilization of two- or singleparticle tunneling in such structures gives impetus to the tunneling spectroscopy of ferromagnetically ordered materials and, based on spin filtering, magnetic-field-shaped volt-ampere characteristics, and some other salient features of such structures, paves the way to a new generation of unconventional solid-state micromagnetoelectronic cryogenic devices, including those operated in millimeter or submillimeter wavelength ranges.

PACS: 73.40.−c, 74.50.+r, 74.80.-g, 75.50.Dd (all) DOI: 10.1070/PU1999v042n07ABEH000538 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1999/7/b/ 000081866500002 Citation: Borukhovich A S "Quantum tunneling in multilayers and heterostructures with ferromagnetic semiconductors" Phys. Usp. 42 653–667 (1999) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Оригинал: Борухович А С «Особенности квантового туннелирования в мультислоях и гетероструктурах, содержащих ферромагнитные полупроводники» УФН 169 737–751 (1999); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0169.199907b.0737