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There are pressing problems with traditional computing, especially for accomplishing data-intensive and real-time tasks, that motivate the development of in-memory computing devices to both store information and perform computation.…

We report on first-principles spin-polarised quantum transport calculations (from NEGF+DFT) in MgO-spaced magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) based on two different Mn-based Heusler ferrimagnetic metals, namely Mn$_3$Al and Mn$_3$Ga in their…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-01-23 Maria Stamenova , Plamen Stamenov , Nadjib Baadji

We study the relation between tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) and interfacial electronic states modified by magnetic impurities introduced at the interface of the ferromagnetic tunnel junctions, by making use of the periodic Anderson model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. Inoue , H. Itoh

Spin-resolved electron symmetry filtering is a key mechanism behind giant tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) in Fe/MgO/Fe and similar magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), providing room temperature functionality in modern spin electronics.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-10-12 César González-Ruano , Coriolan Tiusan , Michel Hehn , Farkhad G. Aliev

The 'Brillouin zone spin filtering' mechanism of enhanced tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) is described for magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ) and studied on an example of the MTJ with hcp Co electrodes and hexagonal BN (h-BN) spacer. Our…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-12-16 Sergey V. Faleev , Stuart S. P. Parkin , Oleg N. Mryasov

Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) are basic building blocks for devices such as magnetic random access memories (MRAMs). The relevance for modern computation of non-volatile high-frequency memories makes ac-transport measurements of MTJs…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-08 Subir Parui , Mário Ribeiro , Ainhoa Atxabal , Amilcar Bedoya-Pinto , Xiangnan Sun , Roger Llopis , Fèlix Casanova , Luis E. Hueso

The tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) in the magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) with embedded nanoparticles (NPs) was calculated in range of the quantum-ballistic model. The simulation was performed for electron tunneling through the insulating…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-25 Arthur Useinov , Lin-Xiu Ye , Niazbeck Useinov , Te-Ho Wu , Chih-Huang Lai

We investigate the tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) effect using the lattice models which describe the magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ). First, taking a conventional ferromagnetic MTJ as an example, we show that the product of the local…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-12 Katsuhiro Tanaka , Takuya Nomoto , Ryotaro Arita

Hexagonal boron nitride ($h$-BN), with its strong in-plane bonding and good lattice match to hcp and fcc metals, offers a promising alternative barrier material for magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). Here, we investigate spin-dependent…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-01 Ivan Kurniawan , Keisuke Masuda , Yoshio Miura

We numerically study ultra fast resonant spin torque (ST) magnetization reversal in magnetic tunnelling junctions (MTJ) driven by current pulses having a direct current (DC) and a resonant alternating current (AC) component. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-19 L. Fricke , S. Serrano-Guisan , H. W. Schumacher

Magnetic phase transition tunnel magnetoresistance (MPT-TMR) effect with a single magnetic electrode has been investigated by first-principles calculations. The calculations show that the MPT-TMR of FeRh/MgO/Cu tunnel junction can be as…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-05-02 Jia Zhang , X. Z. Chen , C. Song , J. F. Feng , H. X. Wei , Jing-Tao Lü

We report an extensive first-principles investigation of impurity-induced device-to-device variability of spin-polarized quantum tunneling through Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJ). In particular, we calculated the tunnel…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-12-06 Jianing Zhuang , Yin Wang , Yan Zhou , Jian Wang , Hong Guo

We study current-induced switching in magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) in the presence of a field-like spin-transfer torque and titled pinned-layer magnetization in the high current limit at finite temperature. We consider both the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-21 R. K. Tiwari , M. H. Jhon , N. Ng , D. J. Srolovitz , Chee Kwan Gan

As an unconventional magnet, altermagnetism attracts great interest in condensed matter physics and applies a new research platform for the spintronics. Since the tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) effect is an important research aspect in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-09 Yu-Fei Sun , Yue Mao , Yu-Chen Zhuang , Qing-Feng Sun

Using a simple quantum-mechanical model, we explore a tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance (TAMR) effect in ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs) with a ferromagnetic electrode and a ferroelectric barrier layer, which spontaneous…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 A. Alexandrov , M. Ye. Zhuravlev , Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

The temperature and voltage dependence of spin transport is theoretically investigated in a new type of magnetic tunnel junction, which consists of two ferromagnetic outer electrodes separated by a ferromagnetic barrier and a nonmagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Ali A. Shokri , Alireza Saffarzadeh

Spin-orbit torque (SOT) based magnetic random access memory (MRAM) is envisioned as an emerging non-volatile memory due to its ultra-high speed and low power consumption. The field-free switching schema in SOT devices is of great interest…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-07-03 Min Wang , Zhaohao Wang , Chao Wang , Weisheng Zhao

The relation between tunnel magneto-resistance (TMR) and spin polarization is explored for GaMnAs/GaAlAs/GaMnAs structures where the carriers experience strong spin-orbit interactions. TMR is calculated using Landauer approach. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Brey , C. Tejedor , J. Fernández-Rossier

Magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) is the key component to enable information access and increasing number of MTJs is integrated to develop high-density spintronic devices. However, continuous miniaturization of the conventional MTJs is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Yue Zhao , Bin Xiao , Jiawei Liu , Hui Zeng , Jun Zhao

Spin-transfer torque magnetic random-access memory (STT-MRAM) relies on nanoscale magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) as its fundamental building blocks. Next-generation STT-MRAM requires strategies that simultaneously improve switching energy…