Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2002-03-26
Phys. Rev. B 66, 024416 (2002)
Physics
Condensed Matter
13 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.66.024416
We present {\it ab initio} calculations of the spin-dependent electronic transport in Fe/GaAs/Fe and Fe/ZnSe/Fe (001) junctions simulating the situation of a spin-injection experiment. We follow a ballistic Landauer-B\"uttiker approach for the calculation of the spin-dependent dc conductance in the linear-responce regime, in the limit of zero temperature. We show that the bulk band structure of the leads and of the semiconductor, and even more the electronic structure of a clean and abrupt interface, are responsible for a current polarisation and a magnetoresistance ratio of almost the ideal 100%, if the transport is ballistic. In particular we study the significance of the transmission resonances caused by the presence of two interfaces.
Dederichs Peter H.
Mavropoulos Phivos
Wunnicke Olaf
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