Spin-dependent transport across Co/LaAlO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} heterojunctions
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, Menlo Park, California 94025 (United States)
- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 (United States)
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 (United States)
The conducting interface formed between LaAlO{sub 3} and SrTiO{sub 3} exhibits high electron mobility, tunable carrier densities, and is theoretically predicted to have long spin lifetimes. Thus, the LaAlO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} heterostructure is a promising system for the transportation of spin information. We have investigated spin-dependent transport across Co/LaAlO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} heterostructures using an all electrical three terminal geometry and observed Lorentzian magnetoresistance typically associated with Hanle spin dephasing. However, such a picture fails to explain all the experimentally observed behavior. Further, experiments with spin-unpolarized Au/LaAlO{sub 3}/SrTiO{sub 3} heterojunctions support an alternative scenario involving current modulation by spin-dependent transport through defect states in the LaAlO{sub 3} barrier.
- OSTI ID:
- 22311148
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 3; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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