• 文献标题:   Magnetic tunnel junctions with single-layer-graphene tunnel barriers
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI W, XUE L, ABRUNA HD, RALPH DC
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Cornell Univ
  • 被引频次:   23
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.89.184418
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

We report on the fabrication and characterization of magnetic tunnel junctions consisting of a single layer of graphene as the tunnel barrier, sandwiched between two metallic ferromagnetic electrodes. We employ a fabrication process chosen to minimize oxidation of the electrode materials at the ferromagnet/graphene interfaces. The devices have low resistance-area products of 1.5-6 Omega mu m(2), with low-temperature magnetoresistances of 1.5-3.4%. The temperature and bias dependencies of the resistance confirm that transport is dominated by tunneling processes rather than by any unintended pinholes.