Journal of Interfaces, Thin Films, and Low dimensional systems

Electrical properties of magnetic tunnel junctions affected by two types of interfacial roughness

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Department of Physics, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The theoretical study has been done for investigating the effect of two types of rough interfacials on the electrical properties of a the magnetic tunneling structures. Surface roughness is found to have a strong influence on the spin polarized transport throughmagnetic tunneling junctions . The scattering mechanism because of rough interfaces causes to reduction of maximum achievable value of transmission probability resonance. Also, the presence of roughness interfacial causes to change in the spin polarization and the tunneling magnetoresistance ratios. The asymmetry distribution of the density of states may be reduced and the spin polarization and the tunneling magnetoresistance show the irregular behavior.

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Article Title [Persian]

خواص الکتریکی اتصالات تونل زنی مغناطیسی متاثر از دو نوع فصل مشترک ناهموار

Author [Persian]

  • ژاله ابراهیمی نژاد

گروه فیزیک، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد تهران غرب، تهران، ایران

Abstract [Persian]

یک مطالعه تئوری به منظور بررسی دو نوع فصل مشترک ناهموار بر خواص الکتریکی ساختارهای تونل زنی مغناطیسی انجام شده است. ناهمواری تاثیر شدیدی بر ترابرد اسپین قطبیده از میان اتصالات مغناطیسی تونل زنی دارد. مکانیزم پراکندگی ناشی از ناهمواری موجب کاهش بیشترین مقدار قابل دستیابی احتمال عبور تشدیدی می گردد.همچنین، حضور فصل مشترک ناهموار موجب تغییر در میزان قطبش اسپینی و مقاومت مغناطیسی تونل زنی می شود. توزیع نامتقارن چگالی جریان کاهش یافته و قطبش اسپینی و مقاومت مغناطیسی تونل زنی رفتار نامنظم نشان می دهند.

Keywords [Persian]

  • فصل مشترک ناهموار
  • مقاومت مغناطیسی تونل زنی
  • خواص الکتریکی
  • قطبش اسپینی
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Journal of Interfaces, Thin Films, and Low dimensional systems
Volume 4, Issue 2
March 2021
Pages 415-420