Encoding information onto the charge and spin state of a paramagnetic atom using MgO tunnelling spintronics
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| author | Lamblin, Mathieu Da Costa, Victor Joly, Loic Chowrira, Bhavishya Petitdemange, Léo Vileno, Bertrand Bernard, Romain Gobaut, Benoit Boukari, Samy Weber, Wolfgang Hehn, Michel Lacour, Daniel Bowen, Martin |
| author_facet | Lamblin, Mathieu Da Costa, Victor Joly, Loic Chowrira, Bhavishya Petitdemange, Léo Vileno, Bertrand Bernard, Romain Gobaut, Benoit Boukari, Samy Weber, Wolfgang Hehn, Michel Lacour, Daniel Bowen, Martin |
| contents | An electrical current that flows across individual atoms can generate exotic quantum transport signatures in model junctions built using atomic tip or lateral techniques. So far, however, a viable industrial pathway for atom-driven devices has been lacking. Here, we demonstrate that a commercialized device platform can fill this nanotechnological gap. According to conducting tip atomic force microscopy, inserting C atoms into the MgO barrier of a magnetic tunnel junction generates nanotransport paths. Within magnetotransport experiments, this results in quantum interferences, and in Pauli spin blockade effects linked to tunneling magnetoresistance peaks that can be electrically controlled. We report an additional persistent memory effect that we attribute to the charging of a single "gating" C atom that is adjacent to a single C atom forming the microscale junction's effective nanotranport path. Local magnetometry experiments confirm the secondary role of magnetic stray fields on the C atoms. Our results show that, to exhibit atom-level properties, a device need not be nanoscaled, and position MgO tunneling spintronics as a promising platform to industrially implement quantum technologies. |
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| spellingShingle | Encoding information onto the charge and spin state of a paramagnetic atom using MgO tunnelling spintronics Lamblin, Mathieu Da Costa, Victor Joly, Loic Chowrira, Bhavishya Petitdemange, Léo Vileno, Bertrand Bernard, Romain Gobaut, Benoit Boukari, Samy Weber, Wolfgang Hehn, Michel Lacour, Daniel Bowen, Martin Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics An electrical current that flows across individual atoms can generate exotic quantum transport signatures in model junctions built using atomic tip or lateral techniques. So far, however, a viable industrial pathway for atom-driven devices has been lacking. Here, we demonstrate that a commercialized device platform can fill this nanotechnological gap. According to conducting tip atomic force microscopy, inserting C atoms into the MgO barrier of a magnetic tunnel junction generates nanotransport paths. Within magnetotransport experiments, this results in quantum interferences, and in Pauli spin blockade effects linked to tunneling magnetoresistance peaks that can be electrically controlled. We report an additional persistent memory effect that we attribute to the charging of a single "gating" C atom that is adjacent to a single C atom forming the microscale junction's effective nanotranport path. Local magnetometry experiments confirm the secondary role of magnetic stray fields on the C atoms. Our results show that, to exhibit atom-level properties, a device need not be nanoscaled, and position MgO tunneling spintronics as a promising platform to industrially implement quantum technologies. |
| title | Encoding information onto the charge and spin state of a paramagnetic atom using MgO tunnelling spintronics |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.16592 |