Electron transport through antiferromagnetic spin textures and skyrmions in a magnetic tunnel junction

被引：8

作者：

Djavid, Nima ^{[1
]}

Lake, Roger K. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2020年 / 102卷 / 02期

关键词：

ANISOTROPY;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.102.024419

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

An ideal layered (x) over cap -polarized antiferromagnet (AFM) between two antialigned +/-(z) over cap polarized ferromagnetic (FM) contacts transmits no current due to a pi phase difference of the matrix elements coupling the spin degenerate states to the two FM contacts. Inserting a normal-metal layer or tunnel barrier layer between one FM contact and the AFM alters this phase difference, and due to the unequal weighting of the two spins at the interface, it also breaks the spin degeneracy of the two AFM states. The broken symmetry of the matrix elements combined with the broken degeneracy of the AFM states results in a Fano resonance in the transmission and a turn-on of the T-up arrow,T- down arrow transmission channel. Such a magnetic tunnel junction geometry with two antialigned +/-(z) over cap FM contacts can electrically detect an AFM skyrmion. The AFM skyrmion serves as an analog of the oblique polarizer in the triple-polarizer experiment. Resistances and resistance ratios are calculated and compared for FM and AFM skyrmions in a magnetic tunnel junction.

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