Role of electronic structure in magnetic tunneling

Kuising Wang; Shufeng Zhang; Peter M. Levy; Laszlo Szunyogh; Peter Weinberger

doi:10.1016/S0304-8853(98)00290-X

Role of electronic structure in magnetic tunneling

Kuising Wang, Shufeng Zhang, Peter M. Levy, Laszlo Szunyogh, Peter Weinberger

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Abstract

To assess the effect of electronic structure of magnetic electrodes on the magnetoresistance of tunnel junctions (JMR) we made ab initio calculations of the electronic structure of BCC(100) Fe, and FCC(100) Co and Ni electrodes. We treat hopping to and propagation in the barrier as adjustable parameters and discuss features of the JMR attributable to the electronic structure of the electrodes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	L131-L135
Journal	Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Volume	189
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-8853(98)00290-X
State	Published - Nov 2 1998
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Band
Coupling
Magnetoresistance
Tunneling

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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