Abstract
Spin-dependent transport of nonequilibrium holes in ferromagnetic thin films and trilayers is investigated using ballistic hole magnetic microscopy. For Co, the hole attenuation length is short and increases from 6 to 10 A in the energy range 0.8 to 2 eV. The hole transmission of a Ni81Fe19/Au/Co trilayer is clearly spin dependent, resulting in a surprisingly large current change by a factor of 2.3 in a magnetic field. The energy and spin dependence of the hole transmission cannot be explained by the phase space available for inelastic decay of the hot holes.
| Original language | Undefined |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 027204 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue number | 027204 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- TSTNE-Probe-STM: Scanning Tunneling Microscope
- EWI-5379
- IR-48084
- METIS-219248
- SMI-NE: From 2006 in EWI-NE
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Banerjee, T., Ul Haq, E., Siekman, M. H., Lodder, J. C., & Jansen, R. (2005). Spin filtering of hot holes in a metallic ferromagnet. Physical review letters, 94(027204), 027204. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.027204