The effect of periodic magnetic-electric barriers on electron transport in a nanostructure |
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Authors: | Jian-Duo Lu Liang Shao Yang-Lai Hou Ting-Ping Hou |
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Institution: | Department of Applied Physics, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, People’s Republic of China |
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Abstract: | Using the transfer matrix method, the transmission probability, the spin polarization and the electron conductance of a ballistic electron are studied in detail in a nanostructure. We observe that these quantities sensitively depend on the number of periodic magnetic-electric barriers. As the number of periods increases, the resonance splitting increases, the number of the resonance peaks increases and the peaks become sharper as well as the spin polarization being enhanced. Surprisingly, a polarization of nearly 100% can be achieved by spin-dependent resonant tunneling in this structure, although the average magnetic field of the structure is zero. |
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Keywords: | 73 23 -b 73 40 Gk 75 75 +a 85 70 -d |
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