Spin-Polarized Electron Transport through Nanometer-Scale Al Grains

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2005-02-07

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0502181v3

Phys. Rev. B, 72 (19), 155445, 2005

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.72.155445

We investigate spin-polarized electron tunnelling through ensembles of nanometer scale Al grains embedded between two Co-reservoirs at 4.2K, and observe tunnelling-magnetoresistance (TMR) and effects from spin-precession in the perpendicular applied magnetic field (the Hanle effect). The spin-coherence time ($T_2^\star$) measured using the Hanle effect is of order $ns$. The dephasing is attributed to electron spin-precession in local magnetic fields. Dephasing process does not destroy $TMR$, which is strongly asymmetric with bias voltage. The asymmetric TMR is explained by spin relaxation in Al grains and asymmetric electron dwell times.

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