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- Konovalenko, Alexander, et al.
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On the mechanism of hysteresis in conductance of point contacts to single ferromagnetic films
- 2007
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Ingår i: Journal of Applied Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0021-8979 .- 1089-7550. ; 101:9, s. 09A513-1-09A513-3
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Single nonmagnetic/ferromagnetic interfaces can exhibit magnetic excitations and hysteretic switching, provided that the current density traversing the interface is sufficiently high (greater than or similar to 10(8) A/cm(2)) and the flow regime is diffusive. We measure hysteretic switching in conductance induced by nominally unpolarized electron currents in nanocontacts to thin Co films and successfully model the effect for similar to 20 nm scale point contacts using micromagnetic simulations, which take into account an out of plane stress-induced magnetic anisotropy in the point contact region.
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- Naidyuk, Yu G., et al.
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Magnetic unipolar features in conductivity of point contacts between normal and ferromagnetic D-metals (Co, Ni, Fe)
- 2007
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Ingår i: Electron Correlation in New Materials and Nanosystems. - 9781402056574 ; , s. 59-69
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In nanocontacts between normal and ferromagnetic metals (N-F) abrupt changes of the order of 1 % are detected in differential resistance, dV/dI(V), versus bias voltage, V, on achieving of high current densities, 10(9) A/cm(2). These features in dV/dI(V) are observed when the electron flow is directed from the nonmagnetic metal into the ferromagnet and connected with magnetization excitations in the ferromagnet induced by the current. Applying an external magnetic field leads to a shift of the observed features to higher biasing current, confirming the magnetic nature of the effect. Such effects are observed for the non-ballistic (not spectral) regime of current flow in the nanocontacts. Thus, the current induced magneto-conductance effects in multilayered N-F structures (nanopillars) extensively studied in the recent literature have much more general character and can be stimulated by elastic electron scattering at single N-F interfaces.
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- Yanson, I. K., et al.
(författare)
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Surface Spin-Valve Effect
- 2007
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Ingår i: Nano letters (Print). - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1530-6984 .- 1530-6992. ; 7:4, s. 927-931
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We report an observation of spin-valve-like hysteresis within a few atomic layers at a ferromagnetic interface. We use phonon spectroscopy of nanometer-sized point contacts as an in situ probe to study the mechanism of the effect. Distinctive energy phonon peaks for contacts with dissimilar nonmagnetic outer electrodes allow localizing the observed spin switching to the top or bottom interfaces for nanometer thin ferromagnetic layers. The mechanism consistent with our data is energetically distinct atomically thin surface spin layers that can form current- or field-driven surface spin-valves within a single ferromagnetic film.
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