磁性隧道结电子输运特性的研究

在Slonczewsik自由电子理论模型下,研究了两铁磁性金属电极被一平面磁性势垒隔开的磁性隧道结零偏压下的隧穿电导、自旋极化率和隧穿磁阻比率,研究表明隧道结的磁结构对隧穿电导和隧穿磁阻的值有很大的影响,当两磁性电极分子场方向相同,且都与势垒层分子场反平行时,隧穿电导数值达到最大,两者平行时,其数值最小,同时还分析了分子场的相对取向等对磁性隧道结自旋极化电子输运性质的影响.研究结果对自旋电子器件的设计具有一定的指导意义.     

磁性隧道结电子输运特性的研究

在Slonczewsik自由电子理论模型下,研究了两铁磁性金属电极被一平面磁性势垒隔开的磁性隧道结零偏压下的隧穿电导、自旋极化率和隧穿磁阻比率,研究表明隧道结的磁结构对隧穿电导和隧穿磁阻的值有很大的影响,当两磁性电极分子场方向相同,且都与势垒层分子场反平行时,隧穿电导数值达到最大,两者平行时,其数值最小,同时还分析了分子场的相对取向等对磁性隧道结自旋极化电子输运性质的影响。研究结果对自旋电子器件的设计具有一定的指导意义。     

MgO基磁性隧道结温度-偏压相图的理论研究

MgO基磁性隧道结是自旋电子器件研究的热点问题,其温度特性和偏压特性在实际应用中极其重要.因此,亟需在理论上计算得到MgO基磁性隧道结的温度-偏压相图.本文构建了适用于单晶势垒层磁性隧道结的理论.该理论将单晶势垒层视作周期性光栅,利用光学衍射理论处理势垒层对隧穿电子的衍射,因此可以很好地计入隧穿电子波的相干性.根据此理论,同时计入温度和偏压的影响计算了MgO基磁性隧道结的温度-偏压相图.理论结果表明,通过调节MgO基磁性隧道结的铁磁电极半交换劈裂能D、化学势μ以及势垒层周期势v(Kh)可以优化其温度特性和偏压特性.该结果为MgO基磁性隧道结的应用提供了坚实的理论基础.     

双势垒磁性隧道结的磁电阻效应及其在自旋晶体管中的应用

利用磁控溅射方法沉积双势垒磁性隧道结多层膜, 其中Al-O势垒层由等离子体氧化1 nm厚的 金属铝膜方式制备，然后采用深紫外光曝光和Ar离子刻蚀技术、微加工制备出长短轴分别为 6和3 μm大小的椭圆形双势垒磁性隧道结（DBMTJ），并在室温和低温下对其自旋电子输运 特性进行了研究. DBMTJ的隧穿磁电阻(TMR)比值在室温和42 K分别达到27％和423％， 结电阻分别为136 kΩ·μm²和175 kΩ·μm²，并在实验中观 察到平行状 态下存在低电阻态及共振隧穿效应，反平行态下呈现高电阻态以及TMR随外加偏压或直流电 流的增加而发生振荡现象. 由此，设计了一种基于这种双势垒磁性隧道结隧穿特性的自旋晶 体管. 关键词： 双势垒磁性隧道结 隧穿磁电阻 共振隧穿效应 自旋晶体管     

金属-氧化物界面在磁隧道结中的作用

磁隧道结通常是指由两层磁性金属和它们所夹的一层氧化物绝缘层 (Ⅰ )所组成的三明治结构 .通过绝缘层势垒的隧穿电子是自旋极化的 ,这种自旋极化能够反映作为电极的铁磁金属费米能级处态密度 (ＤＯＳ)的变化 .起源于自旋极化的隧道磁阻(ＴＭＲ)效应已成为当代磁学的一个研究热点 .尽管目前在ＴＭＲ的研究和应用方面已有所发展 ,但在理解隧穿自旋极化方面还存在一定的分歧 ,争论的焦点是金属 -氧化物界面对自旋极化的影响 .对于Ｃｏ、Ｎｉ等铁磁金属 ,由于多数自旋电子所处的ｄ带位于费米能级之下 ,理论预期其自旋极化应该是负的 .然而Ｆ/Ａ…     

基于赫斯勒合金Co_2MnSi电极的磁性隧道结呈现巨磁阻效应（英文）

本文基于电子密度泛函理论计算和非平衡态格林函数技术研究了具有三明治结构的磁性隧道结构(非极化SrTiO_3薄层被夹在两个赫斯勒合金Co_2 MnSi电极之间)的自旋极化输运特性.理论计算结果清楚地表明磁平行组态的磁性隧道结呈现出几乎完美的自旋过滤效应.磁反平行组态的隧穿系数比磁平行组态的隧穿系数小几个数量级,导致体系的磁阻比高达10~6.电子结构计算分析表明该磁性隧道结的巨磁阻效应源自赫斯勒合金Co_2MnSi电极内在的半金属性、以及阻挡层和电极之间界面处过渡金属原子3d电子的显著自旋极化.     

MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结的第一性原理计算和实验研究

在MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结中发现的室温高隧穿磁电阻现象,是近些年自旋电子学以及磁性隧道结磁电阻材料研究中的又一重大突破.本文主要评述和介绍2001年以来MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结第一性原理计算和实验上的重要进展,以及介绍利用Layer-KKR第一性原理计算方法研究的Fe(001)/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/FeO/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/Mg/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/Co/MgO/Co/Fe和Fe(001)[MgO/Fe/MgO/Fe等基于单晶MgO(001)单势垒及双势垒磁性隧道结材料的电子结构和自旋相关输运性质研究的最新进展.这些第一性原理定量计算的结果,不仅从物理上增强了对MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结的电子结构和自旋相关输运特性的了解,而且对于研究新型室温磁电阻隧道结材料及其在自旋电子学器件中的广泛应用,具有一定的参考价值.     

双势垒抛物势阱磁性隧道结隧穿磁阻及自旋输运性质的研究

采用相干量子输运理论和传递矩阵的方法,在抛物势阱磁性隧道结(F/PW/F)的铁磁和半导体势阱间插入另一种半导体作为势垒,构造具有双势垒的抛物势阱磁性隧道结作为研究对象,研究了抛物势阱宽度、自旋轨道耦合效应、角度效应及插入势垒厚度对隧穿磁阻及自旋输运性质的影响计算结果表明,通过适当调节Rashba自旋轨道藕合强度和插入势垒的厚度,可以实现隧穿磁阻(TMR)的调制,能获得较大的TMR值,这些特点有助于促进新型磁性隧道结的开发和应用.     

MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结的第一性原理计算和实验研究

在MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结中发现的室温高隧穿磁电阻现象,是近些年自旋电子学以及磁性隧道结磁电阻材料研究中的又一重大突破。本文主要评述和介绍2001年以来MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结第一性原理计算和实验上的重要进展,以及介绍利用Layer-KKR第一性原理计算方法研究的Fe(001)/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/FeO/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/Mg/MgO/Fe、Fe(001)/Co/MgO/Co/Fe和Fe(001)/MgO/Fe/MgO/Fe等基于单晶MgO(001)单势垒及双势垒磁性隧道结材料的电子结构和自旋相关输运性质研究的最新进展。这些第一性原理定量计算的结果,不仅从物理上增强了对MgO单晶势垒磁性隧道结的电子结构和自旋相关输运特性的了解,而且对于研究新型室温磁电阻隧道结材料及其在自旋电子学器件中的广泛应用,具有一定的参考价值。     

基于赫斯勒合金Co2MnSi电极的磁性隧道结呈现巨磁阻效应

本文基于电子密度泛函理论计算和非平衡态格林函数技术研究了具有三明治结构的磁性隧道结构(非极化SrTiO₂薄层被夹在两个赫斯勒合金Co₂MnSi电极之间)的自旋极化输运特性. 理论计算结果清楚地表明磁平行组态的磁性隧道结呈现出几乎完美的自旋过滤效应. 磁反平行组态的隧穿系数比磁平行组态的隧穿系数小几个数量级,导致体系的磁阻比高达10⁶. 电子结构计算分析表明该磁性隧道结的巨磁阻效应源自赫斯勒合金Co₂MnSi电极内在的半金属性、以及阻挡层和电极之间界面处过渡金属原子3d电子的显著自旋极化.     

Spin-polarized tunneling in a ferromagnetic graphene junction: Interplay between the exchange interaction and the orbital effect of the magnetic field

The influence of magnetic vector potential barrier (MVPB) on the spin-polarized transport of massless Dirac particles in ferromagnetic graphene is studied theoretically. The phenomenon of Klein tunneling of relativistic particles across a rectangular potential barrier prevents any of the massless fermions from being confined but they can be electrically confined by quantum dots with integrable dynamics (Bardarson et al., 2009) [36]. Utilization of only the in-plane exchange splitting in the ferromagnetic graphene cannot produce 100% spin polarization. This tunneling can be confined using the magnetic vector potential barrier, which leads to high degree of spin polarization. By combining the orbital effect and the Zeeman interaction in graphene junction, it is found that the junction mimics behavior of half-metallic tunneling junction, in which it acts as a metal to particles of one spin orientation but as an insulator or a semiconductor to those of the opposite orientation. The idea of the half-metallic tunneling junction can provide a source of ∼100% spin-polarized current, which is potentially very useful. Adjustment of the position of the Fermi level in ferromagnetic layer by placing a gate voltage on top of the ferromagnetic layer shows that reverse of the orientation of the completely spin-polarized current passing through the junction is controlled by adjusting the gate voltage. These interesting characteristics should lead to a practical gate voltage controlled spin filtering and spin-polarized switching devices as a perfect spin-polarized electron source for graphene-based spintronics.     

Electrical control of valley and spin polarized current and tunneling magnetoresistance in a silicene-based magnetic tunnel junction

We investigate the electronic transport in a silicene-based ferromagnetic metal/ferromagnetic insulator/ferromagnetic metal tunnel junction. The results show that the valley and spin transports are strongly dependent on local application of a vertical electric field and effective magnetization configurations of the ferromagnetic layers. In particular, it is found that the fully valley and spin polarized currents can be realized by tuning the external electric field. Furthermore, we also demonstrate that the tunneling magnetoresistance ratio in such a full magnetic junction of silicene is very sensitive to the electric field modulation.     

铁磁/半导体/铁磁结构的双量子环自旋输运的特性

研究了与铁磁/半导体/铁磁结构相关的双量子环自旋输运的规律,研究结果表明：总磁通为零条件下,铁磁电极磁化方向反平行时,双量子环与单量子环相比提高了自旋电子透射概率的平均值.铁磁电极磁化方向平行时,双量子环对提高自旋向下电子平均透射概率的效果更明显;双量子环受到Rashba自旋轨道耦合作用影响时,自旋电子的平均透射概率明显高于单量子环,即使再加上外加磁场的影响,透射概率较高这一特征依然存在;双量子环所含的δ势垒具有阻碍自旋电子输运的作用,随δ势垒强度Z的增大透射概率 关键词： 双量子环 Rashba自旋轨道耦合 透射概率 δ势垒')" href="#">δ势垒     

Die Rotation des Elektronenspins beim ebenen Tunnelprozeß mit überlagertem homogenem Magnetfeld

Measurements of the spin polarization of field emitted electrons from various ferromagnetic (Gd, Ni, Fe) and nonferromagnetic metals (W) show a steady increase of the angle? _s between momentum and electron spin with increasing external magnetic field (spin rotation). This effect is refered to the coupling between the magnetic moment of the electron and the strong electric field in the potential barrier at the emitter surface during the tunneling process. A formal application of the equation of spin motion derived by Bargmann, Michel and Telegdi for an electron moving in homogeneous electromagnetic fields delivers a quantitative agreement with the experimental results.     

Resolution of the spin states of a superconductor by tunneling from a ferromagnet

Conductance measurements of tunnel junctions formed between a superconductor (thin A1) and a ferromagnetic metal (Ni) in a magnetic field are used to resolve the tunneling conductance into conductances for each of the electron spin directions. This resolution can be used to obtain the spin densities of states of high field superconductors for which spin scattering processes are important.     

NM/FI/NI/FI/NM新型双自旋过滤隧道结的隧穿电导和隧穿磁电阻

在NM/FI/FI/NM型双自旋过滤隧道结(此处NM为非磁金属层，FI为铁磁绝缘体或半导体层)的基础上，我们提出一种NM/FI/NI/FI/NM新型双自旋过滤隧道结(此处NI表示非磁绝缘体或半导体层). 插入NI层的目的是为了避免原双自旋过滤隧道结中相邻FI层界面处磁的耦合作用所导致的对隧穿磁电阻的不利影响. 在自由电子近似的基础上，利用转移矩阵方法，对NM/FI/NI/FI/NM新型双自旋过滤隧道结的隧穿电导、隧穿磁电阻与FI层及NI层厚度的变化关系以及随偏压的变化关系进行了理论研究.计算结果表明，在NM/FI/NI/FI/NM新型双自旋过滤隧道结中仍可以得到很大的TMR值. 关键词： 双自旋过滤隧道结 隧穿磁电阻 非磁绝缘(半导)体间隔层     

Manipulating the spin states in a double molecular magnets tunneling junction

We theoretically explore the spin transport through nano-structures consisting of two serially coupled single-molecular magnets (SMM) sandwiched between two nonmagnetic electrodes. We find that the magnetization of SMM can be controlled by the spin transfer torque with respect to the bias voltage direction, and the electron current can be switched on/off in different magnetic structures. Such a manipulation is performed by full electrical manner, and needs neither external magnetic field nor ferromagnetic electrodes in the tunneling junction. The proposal device scheme can be realized with the use of the present technology [6] and has potential applications in molecular spintronics or quantum information processing.     

Remanent zero field spin splitting of self-assembled quantum dots in a paramagnetic host

We report on the observation of a finite spin splitting at zero magnetic field in resonant tunneling experiments on CdSe self-assembled quantum dots in a (Zn,Be,Mn)Se barrier. This is remarkable since bulk II-VI dilute magnetic semiconductors are paramagnets. Our experiment may be viewed as tunneling through a single magnetic polaron, where the carriers contained inside the dot act to mediate an effective ferromagnetic interaction between Mn ions in their vicinity. The effect is observable up to relatively high temperatures, which we tentatively ascribe to a feedback mechanism with the electrical current, previously predicted theoretically.     

Possible mechanism for tunneling magnetoresistance in La0.9Ba0.1MnO3/Nb-doped SrTiO3 p-n junctions

The observed tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) effect in La_0.9Ba_0.1MnO₃ (LBMO)/Nb-doped SrTiO₃ (Nb-STO) p⁺-n junctions is investigated and a possible mechanism responsible for the TMR generation is proposed by taking into account the dynamic spin accumulation and paramagnetic magnetization in the Nb-STO layer. Because of carrier diffusion across the dynamic domain boundaries in the Nb-STO layer and spin disordering in the LBMO layer, the tunneling resistance through the junction is high at zero magnetic field. The spin disordering is suppressed upon applying a non-zero magnetic field, which results in the spin-polarized tunneling in this ferromagnetic/depletion layer/dynamic ferromagnetic sandwiched structure and thus the observed TMR effect. The dependence of the TMR effect on the domain size in the LBMO layer, the tunneling current and temperature as well is explained, qualitatively consistent with the experimental observation.     

Electrical detection of spin accumulation in a p-type GaAs quantum well

We report on experiments in which a spin-polarized current is injected from a GaMnAs ferromagnetic electrode into a GaAs layer through an AlAs barrier. The resulting spin polarization in GaAs is detected by measuring how the tunneling current, to a second GaMnAs ferromagnetic electrode, depends on the orientation of its magnetization. Our results can be accounted for by sequential tunneling with the nonrelaxed spin splitting of the chemical potential, that is, spin accumulation, in GaAs. We discuss the conditions on the hole spin relaxation time in GaAs that are required to obtain the large effects we observe.