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A Josephson diode passes current with zero resistance in one direction but is resistive in the other direction. While such an effect has been observed in several platforms, a large and tunable Josephson diode effect has been rare. Here we…

We theoretically investigate the spin--wave spin current induced by the spin Seebeck effect in magnonic spin tunneling junctions (MSTJs) for arbitrary magnetization directions. We show that the MSTJ functions as a \textit{tunable} spin…

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Magnetic tunnel junctions with wide band gap semiconductor ZnTe barrier were fabricated. A very low barrier height and sizable magnetoresistance were observed in the Fe/ZnTe/Fe junctions at room temperature. The nonlinear I-V characteristic…

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Spin-dependent electronic transport properties of Fe-terminated zig-zag graphene nanoribbons (zGNR) have been studied using first-principles transport simulations. The spin configuration of proposed zGNR junction can be controlled with…

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We propose an electrically driven spin injector into normal metals and semiconductors, which is based on a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) subjected to a microwave voltage. Efficient functioning of such an injector is provided by…

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Group-IV-based ferromagnetic semiconductor Ge1-xFex (GeFe) is one of the most promising materials for efficient spin injectors and detectors for Si and Ge. Recent first principles calculations (Sakamoto et al., Ref. 9) suggested that the…

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A most fundamental and longstanding goal in spintronics is to electrically tune highly efficient spin injectors and detectors, preferably compatible with nanoscale electronics. Here, we demonstrate all these points using semiconductor…

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The integration of the spin degree of freedom in charge-based electronic devices has revolutionised both sensing and memory capability in microelectronics. Further development in spintronic devices requires electrical manipulation of spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-15 Wenjing Yan , Oihana Txoperena , Roger Llopis , Hanan Dery , Luis E. Hueso , Fèlix Casanova

We present a theoretical model that describes electrical spin-detection at a ferromagnet/semiconductor interface. We show that the sensitivity of the spin detector has strong bias dependence which, in the general case, is dramatically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-07-21 Athanasios N. Chantis , Darryl L. Smith

A superconducting double spin valve device is proposed. Its operation takes advantage of the interplay between the spin-filtering effect of ferromagnetic insulators and superconductivity-induced out-of-equilibrium transport. Depending on…

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We observe spin-valve-like effects in nano-scaled thermally evaporated Co/AlOx/Au tunnel junctions. The tunneling magnetoresistance is anisotropic and depends on the relative orientation of the magnetization direction of the Co electrode…

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The recent demonstration of the superconducting diode effect (SDE) has generated renewed interests in superconducting electronics in which devices such as compact superconducting diodes that can perform signal rectification where low-energy…

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Magnetic molecules possess a high potential as building blocks for the design of spintronic devices. Moreover, the use of molecular materials opens the way for the controlled use of bottom-up, e.g. supramolecular, processing techniques…

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Altermagnet-based heterojunctions have demonstrated magnetoresistive effects in experiments, however, a predictive theoretical model for non-ferromagnetic structures has remained elusive. In this work, we develop a tunneling-based…

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We study spin-dependent transport properties in magnetic tunneling junctions (MTJs) with semiconductor barriers, Fe/CuInSe$_2$/Fe(001) and Fe/CuGaSe$_2$/Fe(001). By analyzing their transmittances at zero bias voltage on the basis of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-03-02 Keisuke Masuda , Yoshio Miura

We fabricated a non-local spin valve device with Co-MgO injector/detector tunnel contacts on a graphene spin channel. In this device, the spin polarization of the injector contact can be tuned by both the injector current bias and the gate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-01 Sebastian Ringer , Matthias Rosenauer , Tobias Völkl , Maximilian Kadur , Franz Hopperdietzel , Dieter Weiss , Jonathan Eroms

Magnetic tunnel junctions for spin-transfer torque switching were prepared to investigate the dielectric breakdown. The breakdown occurs typically at voltages not much higher than the switching voltages, a bottleneck for the implementation…

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