Spin valve effect in junctions with a single ferromagnet
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| author | Yao, Fengrui Multian, Volodymyr Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Lezama, Ignacio Gutierrez Morpurgo, Alberto F. |
| author_facet | Yao, Fengrui Multian, Volodymyr Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Lezama, Ignacio Gutierrez Morpurgo, Alberto F. |
| contents | Spin valves are essential components in spintronic memory devices, whose conductance is modulated by controlling spin-polarized electron tunneling through the alignment of the magnetization in ferromagnetic elements. Whereas conventional spin valves unavoidably require at least two ferromagnetic elements, here we demonstrate a van der Waals spin valve based on a tunnel junction that comprises only one such ferromagnetic layer. Our devices combine a Fe3GeTe2 electrode acting as spin injector together with a paramagnetic tunnel barrier, formed by a CrBr3 multilayer operated above its Curie temperature. We show that these devices exhibit a conductance modulation with values comparable to that of conventional spin valves. A quantitative analysis of the magnetoconductance that accounts for the field-induced magnetization of CrBr3, and that includes the effect of exchange interaction, confirms that the spin valve effect originates from the paramagnetic response of the barrier, in the absence of spontaneous magnetization in CrBr3. |
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| spellingShingle | Spin valve effect in junctions with a single ferromagnet Yao, Fengrui Multian, Volodymyr Watanabe, Kenji Taniguchi, Takashi Lezama, Ignacio Gutierrez Morpurgo, Alberto F. Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Spin valves are essential components in spintronic memory devices, whose conductance is modulated by controlling spin-polarized electron tunneling through the alignment of the magnetization in ferromagnetic elements. Whereas conventional spin valves unavoidably require at least two ferromagnetic elements, here we demonstrate a van der Waals spin valve based on a tunnel junction that comprises only one such ferromagnetic layer. Our devices combine a Fe3GeTe2 electrode acting as spin injector together with a paramagnetic tunnel barrier, formed by a CrBr3 multilayer operated above its Curie temperature. We show that these devices exhibit a conductance modulation with values comparable to that of conventional spin valves. A quantitative analysis of the magnetoconductance that accounts for the field-induced magnetization of CrBr3, and that includes the effect of exchange interaction, confirms that the spin valve effect originates from the paramagnetic response of the barrier, in the absence of spontaneous magnetization in CrBr3. |
| title | Spin valve effect in junctions with a single ferromagnet |
| topic | Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02462 |