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铁电势垒磁性隧道结:四种电阻态的第一性原理预测

Magnetic tunnel junctions with ferroelectric barriers: Prediction of four resistance states from first-principles

Julian P. Velev, Chun-Gang Duan, J. D. Burton, Alexander Smogunov, Manish K. Niranjan, Erio Tosatti, S. S. Jaswal, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

摘要:

磁性隧道结(MTJ)是由两个铁磁电极通过薄的绝缘阻挡层分隔而成的,目前用于自旋电子器件,例如磁性传感器和磁性随机存取存储器。最近,在纳米尺度的铁电性的演示的驱动下,薄膜铁电屏障被提出来扩展MTJ的功能。由于电导对电极的磁化排列(隧穿磁阻)和铁电势垒中的极化取向(隧穿电阻)的敏感性,这些多铁性隧道结(MFTJ)可以用作四态电阻器件。基于第一性原理计算,我们研究了具有非对称界面的SrRuO 3/BaTiO 3/SrRuO 3薄膜晶体管的四种电阻状态。我们发现,这样的MFTJ的电阻显着改变时,电极化的强度的障碍是逆转和/或当电极的磁化从平行切换到反平行。这些结果揭示了MFTJ作为多功能自旋电子器件的应用前景。

英文摘要:

Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), composed of two ferromagnetic electrodes separated by a thin insulating barrier layer, are currently used in spintronic devices, such as magnetic sensors and magnetic random access memories. Recently, driven by demonstrations of ferroelectricity at the nanoscale, thin-film ferroelectric barriers were proposed to extend the functionality of MTJs. Due to the sensitivity of conductance to the magnetization alignment of the electrodes (tunnelling magnetoresistance) and the polarization orientation in the ferroelectric barrier (tunnelling electroresistance), these multiferroic tunnel junctions (MFTJs) may serve as four-state resistance devices. Based on first-principles calculations we demonstrate four resistance states in SrRuO3/BaTiO3/SrRuO3 MFTJs with asymmetric interfaces. We find that the resistance of such a MFTJ is significantly changed when the electric polarization of the barrier is reversed and/or when the magnetizations of the electrodes are switched from parallel to antiparallel. These results reveal the exciting prospects of MFTJs for application as multifunctional spintronic devices.

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