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Spin tunneling in junctions with disordered ferromagnets

Authors :
Hjm Henk Swagten
B Bert Koopmans
R.A. de Groot
Jisk Attema
Etienne Snoeck
PV Paresh Paluskar
G.A. de Wijs
JT Jürgen Kohlhepp
S. Fiddy
Physics of Nanostructures
Eindhoven Hendrik Casimir institute
Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
Source :
Physical Review Letters, 100, 5, pp. 057205-057208, Physical Review Letters, 100(5):057205, 057205-1/4. American Physical Society, Physical Review Letters, 100(5). AMER PHYSICAL SOC, Physical Review Letters, 100, 057205-057208
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

We provide compelling evidence to establish that, contrary to one's elementary guess, the tunneling spin polarization (TSP) of amorphous CoFeB is larger than that of highly textured fcc CoFeB. First principles atomic and electronic structure calculations reveal striking agreement between the measured TSP and the predicted s-electron spin polarization. Given the disordered structure of the ternary alloy, not only do these results strongly endorse our communal understanding of tunneling through AlOx, but they also portray the key concepts that demand primary consideration in such complex systems.<br />Comment: To be published in Physical Review Letters. 5 double-column pages with 3 figures

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00319007 and 10797114
Volume :
100
Issue :
5
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Review Letters
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....83a172e502322961bb14840a07e97ec4
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.100.057205