[PDF] Top 20 Interface models for spin transport through magnetic multilayers

... Looking at figure 4.1, we see first of all that the solution curves match the BVs at the boundaries and that µ(z = 0) = 0, as defined in 3.4. It can also be seen, that the derivative of the chemical potential is always ... See full document

... the transport of charge. Similarly, if we are only interested in the spin current due to a single interface between a nonmagnet and a magnet, the concept of conductance remains valid and can be ... See full document

... of spin- polarized transport on the Schottky barrier ...external magnetic field to investigate the spin-dependence of the photocurrent at the FM/GaAs interface at room ...the ... See full document

... The hysteresis of the FeGe/Fe/Ge multilayer is shown in Figs. 3(c) and 3(d). At 295 K the FeGe is above its ordering temperature, whereas the Fe layer is not. A narrow square hysteresis loop was measured, corresponding ... See full document

... its interface [157, 158]. A half-metallic antiferro- magnet has 100% spin polarization of its conduction electrons and a zero net magnetic ...the spin up direction at the Fermi level with 100% ... See full document

... that spin currents destroyed by the interface are no longer available in the normal metal for conversion to a charge ...direct interface between Py and Ir would cause the conversion efficiency from ... See full document

... the models based on wide walls and spin tracking can describe results where the wall is so ...abrupt interface within the Barna´s and Fert model [227] for scattering at a magnetic ... See full document

... Magnetic multilayers with artificial periodicity constitute a topic of active investigations, both on the fundamental research level as well as on the applied ...the interface since it presents ... See full document

... transmitted through a magnetic/nonmagnetic interface depends sensitively on the matching of the band structures across the interface [10, ...generalized spin- dependent scatterers ... See full document

... of spin transport and spin torque is of increasing importance for spintronic device ap- plications since the discovery of giant magnetoresis- tance (GMR) [1, 2] and tunnelling magnetoresistance ...as ... See full document

... in magnetic multilayers and tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) in magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ) has offered a rather comprehensive view of these ...and models were pro- posed to treat ... See full document

... multilayers, lines are fit to a constant interfacial magnetic moment. B Sample roughness measured via atomic force microscopy (AFM) vs. number of layers (N) when each film thickness is kept constant (blue ... See full document

... has been initiated at TRIUMF and is developed at PSI, Switzerland [31]. Second one is the laser resonant ionization of muonium produced from muonium generation materials [30]. This method was developed at KEK and then at ... See full document

... Despite such huge TMR ratios, the Fe/MgO system presents two limiting aspects for future applications. First, there is no flexibility on the materials side, which means that high TMR ratios are achieved only for the ... See full document

... I (U) tunneling spectra are acquired on a 2 × 2 grid simul- taneously while measuring the topography on every second pixel of the STM image and derived afterward, leading to a spatially resolved stack of differential ... See full document

... the interface up to the fourth Fe | MgO plane with the existing ...the interface. However, if we consider planes further away from the interface the deviations become ...the interface ... See full document

... Even though it can be visible small defects are present on the surface, they should not be a major factor in the overall performance of the GMR structures. At this scale man-made structures are deemed to be imperfect due ... See full document

... weak magnetic fields and exchange coupled with the IrMn antiferromagnet was used to rotate the antiferromagnetic moments to produce different resistance ... See full document

... layers through Al layer has been established for both the ...Co/Al) multilayers were investigated for structural and low temperature magnetic and electrical properties and data analyzed ... See full document

... Even though spin- orbit effects and magnetic field dependent electronic transport in quantum wires have been studied quite extensively in the past, a single investigation of the differen[r] ... See full document