Spin-polarized ballistic transport in a thin superlattice of zinc blende half-metallic compounds

dc.citation.issueNumber1en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber71en_US
dc.contributor.authorQian, M. C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFong, C. Y.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPickett, W. E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPask, J. E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorYang, L. H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDag, S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:24:42Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:24:42Z
dc.date.issued2005en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Physicsen_US
dc.description.abstractWe examine theoretically ballistic conduction in thin layers of zinc blende half metals, considering as an example a superlattice consisting of monolayers of GaAs and MnAs, a bilayer of CrAs, and a bilayer of GaAs. By artificially separating bilayers, we show that surface states thwart half metallicity. However, capping the metal-As bilayers restores half metallicity, and ballistic conduction of electrons within ∼0.3 eV of the Fermi level will give nearly 100% spin-polarized transmission in the direction of the superlattice. Recent developments suggest atomic layer epitaxy can be used to produce such thin layers for spintronic applications.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevB.71.012414en_US
dc.identifier.issn1098-0121
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/24143
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherThe American Physical Societyen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.71.012414en_US
dc.source.titlePhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physicsen_US
dc.subjectChromiumen_US
dc.subjectGalliumen_US
dc.subjectManganeseen_US
dc.subjectMetal derivativeen_US
dc.subjectSilveren_US
dc.subjectZincen_US
dc.subjectAccelerationen_US
dc.subjectAtomic particleen_US
dc.subjectChemical structureen_US
dc.titleSpin-polarized ballistic transport in a thin superlattice of zinc blende half-metallic compoundsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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