Tunnel magnetoresistance in double spin filter junctions

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2003-05-30

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0305713v1

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 (2003) 3041-51

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

12 pages, 5 PS figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-8984/15/19/307

We consider a new type of magnetic tunnel junction, which consists of two ferromagnetic tunnel barriers acting as spin filters (SFs), separated by a nonmagnetic metal (NM) layer. Using the transfer matrix method and the free-electron approximation, the dependence of the tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) on the thickness of the central NM layer, bias voltage and temperature in the double SF junction are studied theoretically. It is shown that the TMR and electron-spin polarization in this structure can reach very large values under suitable conditions. The highest value of the TMR can reach 99%. By an appropriate choice of the thickness of the central NM layer, the degree of spin polarization in this structure will be higher than that of the single SF junctions. These results may be useful in designing future spin-polarized tunnelling devices.

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