• 文献标题:   First-Principles Study of Spin Transport in CrO2-Graphene-CrO2 Magnetic Tunnel Junction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHOUDHARY S, GOYAL R
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, magnetic tunnel junction mtj, halfmetallic ferromagnetic hmf electrode, tunnel magnetoresistance tmr, spin efficiency
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY NOVEL MAGNETISM
  • ISSN:   1557-1939 EI 1557-1947
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Inst Technol Kurukshetra
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1007/s10948-015-3223-2
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We investigate the spin-dependent electronic transport properties of magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) consisting of graphene nanosheet sandwiched between two CrO2 half-metallic ferromagnetic (HMF) electrodes. I-V characteristics for both parallel and antiparallel magnetization states of the junction are calculated. A large value of tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) and perfect spin filtration was obtained using HMF electrodes as compared to ferromagnetic electrodes reported in past, which suggest half-metallic ferromagnetic electrodes as a suitable candidate over ferromagnetic electrodes for implementing graphene sheet-based MTJs. A high value (similar to 89 %) of tunnel magnetoresistance is obtained at zero bias voltage, which reduces to similar to 68 % at a bias voltage of 0.2 V and increases as the bias voltage is increased from 0.4 to 0.6 V. At higher bias voltages in the range of 0.8 to 1.2 V, the TMR does not change much and remains high at similar to 88 %. The high value of TMR suggests its usefulness in spin valves and other spintronics-based applications. The spin-dependent non-equilibrium transport is also investigated by analyzing the bias-dependent transmission coefficients.