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In our proof-of-principle study we examine the influence of skyrmions on magnetoresistive transport. In particular, we show that magnetic tunnel junctions are a technologically appealing and promising way for electrical detection of…
Processes which flip the spin of an electron tunneling in a junction made up of magnetic electrodes are studied. It is found that: i) Magnetic impurities give a contribution which increases the resistance and lowers the magnetoresistance,…
The quantum mechanical tunnelling process conserves the quantum properties of the particle considered. As applied to solid-state tunnelling (SST), this physical law was verified, within the field of spintronics, regarding the electron spin…
Black phosphorus is a promising material to serve as the barrier of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) due to the weak van der Waals interlayer interactions. In particular, the special band features of black phosphorus may bring intriguing…
We report the observation and micromagnetic analysis of current-driven magnetization switching in nanoscale ring-shaped magnetic tunnel junctions. When the electric current density exceeds a critical value of the order of $6\times…
This letter presents experiments on junctions fabricated by a new technique that enables the use of high quality aluminum oxide tunnel barriers with normal metal electrodes at low temperatures. Inverse proximity effect is applied to…
Through Bayesian optimization and the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) technique combined with first-principles calculations, we investigated the tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) effect of…
Magnetic Tunnel Junctions whose basic element consists of two ferromagnetic electrodes separated by an insulating non-magnetic barrier have become intensely studied and used in non-volatile spintronic devices. Since ballistic tunnel of…