Single-crystal magnetic tunnel junctions employing bee (100) Fe electrodes and MgO(100) insulating barrier are elaborated by molecular beam epitaxy. The magneto-transport properties are investigated in two extreme regimes. First, for extremely small MgO thickness, we show that the equilibrium tunnel transport in Fe/MgO/Fe systems leads to anti ferromagnetic interactions, mediated by the tunnelling of the minority spin interfacial resonance state. Second, for large MgO barrier thickness, the tunnel transport validates specific spin filtering effects in terms of symmetry of the electronic Bloch function and symmetry-dependent wavefunction attenuation in the single-crystal barrier. Within this framework, we present giant tunnel magnetoresistive effects at room temperature (125-160%). Moreover, we illustrate that the interfacial chemical and electronic Structure plays a crucial role in the spin filtering. We point out imperfect filtering effects and a strong implication of the minority surface state of Fe on the low voltage variation of tunnel magnetoresistance. The insertion of carbon impurities at the Fe/MgO interface changes radically the voltage response of the tunnel magnetoresistance and activates a resonant tunnelling mechanism via the interfacial resonance state.
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Univ Alabama, Ctr Mat Informat Technol, MINT Ctr, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
Univ Alabama, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USAUniv Alabama, Ctr Mat Informat Technol, MINT Ctr, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
Natarajarathinam, A.
Clark, B. D.
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Univ Alabama, Ctr Mat Informat Technol, MINT Ctr, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
Univ Alabama, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USAUniv Alabama, Ctr Mat Informat Technol, MINT Ctr, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA