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用低能自旋分辨光电子能谱研究埋层Co2MnSi/MgO界面的自旋和对称性

Revealing the spin and symmetry properties of the buried Co2MnSi/MgO interface by low energy spin-resolved photoemission

Roman Fetzer, Marcel Lösch, Yusuke Ohdaira, Hiroshi Naganuma, Mikihiko Oogane, Yasuo Ando, Tomoyuki Taira, Tetsuya Uemura, Masafumi Yamamoto, Martin Aeschlimann, Mirko Cinchetti

摘要:

本文提出了一种利用低能自旋分辨光电子能谱研究埋层界面自旋和对称电子性质的新方法。结果表明,该方法对埋于20 ML(~ 4 nm)MgO以下的界面非常敏感,为自旋电子学界面的非破坏性表征提供了有力的工具。作为示范,我们应用这种技术来表征Co2 MnSi/MgO界面,一个基本的积木的国家的最先进的磁性隧道结的基础上Heusler化合物。我们发现,在Co2 MnSi(100)/MgO界面处,一个具有Δ1对称性和少数自旋特征的表面态被淬灭,该表面态主导了裸Co2 MnSi(100)表面的电子结构.因此,界面自旋相关的电子结构类似于理论上预期的Co2 MnSi体能带结构,具有Δ1和Δ5对称性的大多数自旋电子态。此外,我们发现在少数沟道中有额外的热诱导贡献,反映了多数沟道的Δ1/Δ5不对称性。

英文摘要:

We present a novel approach to study the spin and symmetry electronic properties of buried interfaces using low-energy spin-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. We show that this method is sensitive to interfaces buried below more than 20ML (~4nm) MgO, providing a powerful tool for the non-destructive characterization of spintronics interfaces. As a demonstration, we apply this technique to characterize the Co2MnSi/MgO interface, a fundamental building block of state-of-the-art magnetic tunnel junctions based on Heusler compounds. We find that a surface state with Δ1 symmetry and minority spin character dominating the electronic structure of the bare Co2MnSi(100) surface is quenched at the Co2MnSi(100)/MgO interface. As a result, the interface spin-dependent electronic structure resembles the theoretically expected Co2MnSi bulk band structure, with majority spin electronic states of both Δ1 and Δ5 symmetry. Furthermore we find an additional thermally-induced contribution in the minority channel, mirroring the Δ1/Δ5 asymmetry of the majority channel.

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