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Large magnetoresistance in Co/Ni/Co ferromagnetic single electron transistors

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Summary, in English

The authors report on magnetotransport investigations of nanoscaled ferromagnetic Co/Ni/Co single electron transistors. As a result of reduced size, the devices exhibit single electron transistor characteristics at 4.2 K. Magnetotransport measurements carried out at 1.8 K reveal tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) traces with negative coercive fields, which the authors interpret in terms of a switching mechanism driven by the shape anisotropy of the central wirelike Ni island. A large TMR of about 18% is observed within a finite source-drain bias regime. The TMR decreases rapidly with increasing bias, which the authors tentatively attribute to excitation of magnons in the central island. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Publication/Series

Applied Physics Letters

Volume

90

Issue

12

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Topic

  • Condensed Matter Physics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0003-6951