Investigation of the tunnel magnetoresistance in junctions with a strontium stannate barrier
- Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States). MINT Center
- Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States). MINT Center. Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States). MINT Center. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Sciences and Technology Division
In this paper, we experimentally investigate the structural, magnetic, and electrical transport properties of La0.67 Sr0.33MnO3 based magnetic tunnel junctions with a SrSnO3 barrier. Our results show that despite the high density of defects in the strontium stannate barrier, due to the large lattice mismatch, the observed tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) is comparable to tunnel junctions with a better lattice matched SrTiO3 barrier, reaching values of up to 350% at T = 5K. Further analysis of the current-voltage characteristics of the junction and the bias voltage dependence of the observed tunnel magnetoresistance show a decrease of the TMR with increasing bias voltage. In addition, the observed TMR vanishes for T > 200K. Finally, our results suggest that by employing a better lattice matched ferromagnetic electrode, and thus reducing the structural defects in the strontium stannate barrier, even larger TMR ratios might be possible in the future.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Contributing Organization:
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BADW), Garching (Germany); Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; 1509875
- OSTI ID:
- 1340473
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 120, Issue 23; ISSN 0021-8979
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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