Layer-thickness dependence in tunneling magnetoresistance and current-driven magnetization reversal using GaMnAs-based double-barrier structures

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-338

  Watanabe, Maya ^a   Toyao, Hiroshi ^a   Okabayashi, Jun ^a   Yamaguchi, Takeshi ^a   Yoshino, Junji ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Current driven magnetization reversal; Magnetic semiconductor; Tunneling magnetoresistance

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; CURRENT DENSITY; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIZATION;

SPIN ACCUMULATION; SPIN CONFIGURATIONS; TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE;

ELECTRON TUNNELING;

EID: 36049026486     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2007.06.063     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Tanaka M., and Higo Y. Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 (2001) 026602
2. Yuasa S., Nagahama T., Fukushima A., Suzuki Y., and Ando K. Nat. Mater. 3 (2004) 868
3. Saito H., Yuasa S., and Ando K. Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 (2005) 086604
4. Giddings A.D., Khalid M.N., Jungwirth T., Wunderlich J., Yasin S., Campion R.P., Edmonds K.W., Sinova J., Ito K., Wang K.-Y., Williams D., Gallagher B.L., and Foxon C.T. Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005) 127202
5. Pu Y., Johnson-Halperin E., Awschalom D.D., and Shi J. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006) 036601
6. Higo Y., Shimizu H., and Tanaka M. J. Appl. Phys. 89 (2001) 6745
7. Ohya S., Hai P.N., and Tanaka M. Appl. Phys. Lett. 87 (2005) 012105
8. Rüster C., Gould C., Jungwirth T., Sinova J., Schott G.M., Giraud R., Brunner K., Schmidt G., and Molenkamp L.W. Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005) 027203
9. Chiba D., Sato Y., Kita T., Matsukura F., and Ohno H. Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 216002
10. Moriya R., Hamaya K., Oiwa A., and Munekata H. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 43 (2004) L825
11. Hayashi T., Tanaka M., and Asamitsu A. J. Appl. Phys. 87 (2000) 4673
12. Mattana R., George J.-M., Jaffres H., Nguyen F., Van Dau, Fert A., Lepine B., Guivarc'h A., and Jezequel G. Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 (2003) 166601
13. Sorensen B.S., Sadowski J., Andresen S.E., and Lindelof P.E. Phys. Rev. B 66 (2002) 233313
14. Chiba D., Takamura K., Matsukura F., and Ohno H. Appl. Phys. Lett. 82 (2003) 3020
15. Watanabe M., Toyao H., Okabayashi J., and Yoshino J. Phys. Status Solidi C 3 (2006) 4180