Tunneling magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic planar hetero-nanojunctions
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ArticleKAUST Department
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) DivisionDate
2010-05-03Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/561491
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We present a theoretical study of the tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) in nanojunctions between non-identical ferromagnetic metals in the framework of the quasiclassical approach. The lateral size of a dielectric oxide layer, which is considered as a tunneling barrier between the metallic electrodes, is comparable with the mean-free path of electrons. The dependence of the TMR on the bias voltage, physical parameters of the dielectric barrier, and spin polarization of the electrodes is studied. It is demonstrated that a simple enough theory can give high TMR magnitudes of several hundred percent at bias voltages below 0.5 V. A qualitative comparison with the available experimental data is given. © 2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Citation
Useinov, A. N., Deminov, R. G., Useinov, N. K., & Tagirov, L. R. (2010). Tunneling magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic planar hetero-nanojunctions. Physica Status Solidi (b), 247(7), 1797–1801. doi:10.1002/pssb.200945565Sponsors
This work was partly supported by the Russian Ministry of Science and Education (including the contract P902), and RFBR, project no. 10-02-91225-CT_a.Publisher
WileyJournal
physica status solidi (b)ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/pssb.200945565