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Co(0001)/h-BN/Co(0001)磁性隧道结增强TMR的布里渊区自旋过滤机制及相关效应

Brillouin zone spin filtering mechanism of enhanced TMR and correlation effects in Co(0001)/h-BN/Co(0001) magnetic tunnel junction

Sergey V. Faleev, Stuart S. P. Parkin, Oleg N. Mryasov

摘要:

本文描述了磁隧道结(MTJ)的“布里渊区自旋滤波”机制,并以具有六方氮化硼(h-BN)隔离层的六方钴电极MTJ为例进行了研究。基于密度泛函理论(LDA-DFT)的局域密度近似,我们对Co(0001)/h-BN/Co(0001)MTJ的计算结果表明,由于布里渊区滤波机制,该器件具有较高的TMR。由于h-BN特殊的复杂能带结构,该体系的自旋相关隧穿电导对BN带隙内费米能级位置的微小变化非常敏感。BN的掺杂以及因此而改变费米能级位置可能导致TMR的几个数量级的变化。我们还表明,考虑到关联效应的DFT水平以外的需要准确地描述费米能级的位置,从而系统的输运性质。我们的研究表明,基于hcp Co-Pt或Co-Pd无序合金电极和p掺杂六方BN间隔层的新型MTJ是自旋转移矩磁阻随机存取存储器(STT-MRAM)的有希望的候选者。

英文摘要:

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 calculations based on local density approximation of density functional theory (LDA-DFT) for Co(0001)/h-BN/Co(0001) MTJ predict high TMR in this device due to Brillouin zone filtering mechanism. Owning to the specific complex band structure of the h-BN the spin-dependent tunneling conductance of the system is ultra-sensitive to small variations of the Fermi energy position inside the BN band gap. Doping of the BN and, consequentially, changing the Fermi energy position could lead to variation of the TMR by several orders of magnitude. We show also that taking into account correlation effects on beyond DFT level is required to accurately describe position of the Fermi level and thus transport propertied of the system. Our study suggests that new MTJ based on hcp Co-Pt or Co-Pd disordered alloy electrodes and p-doped hexagonal BN spacer is a promising candidate for the spin-transfer torque magnetoresistive random-access memory (STT-MRAM).

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