Bias-crafted magnetic tunnel junctions with bistable spin-dependent states

作者: M. Bowen , J.-L. Maurice , A. Barthélémy , P. Prod’homme , E. Jacquet

DOI: 10.1063/1.2345592

关键词: Materials scienceSpin (physics)Quantum tunnellingSpintronicsNuclear magnetic resonanceBistabilityElectron energy loss spectroscopyMagnetic switchingOxideLanthanum compoundsCondensed matter physicsPhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

摘要: The authors have observed stable, reversible two-resistance states with substantial tunneling magnetoresistances of opposite signs in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3∕SrTiO3∕Co1−xCrx junctions. Electron energy loss spectroscopy studies reveal the segregation and oxidation electrochemically reactive chromium at that interface, resulting oxygen vacancies oxide barrier. Bias-induced switching between two junction is argued to reflect incidence these barrier defects near electrically unstable SrTiO3∕Co1−xCrx interface. This affirms bias crafting as an additional lever spintronic research across semiconducting spacers.

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