Tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance driven by magnetic phase transition
arXiv:1706.06773 · doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00290-4
Abstract
The independent control of two magnetic electrodes and spin-coherent transport in magnetic tunnel junctions are strictly required for tunneling magnetoresistance, while junctions with only one ferromagnetic electrode exhibit tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance dependent on the anisotropic density of states with no room temperature performance so far. Here we report an alternative approach to obtaining tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance in alfa-FeRh-based junctions driven by the magnetic phase transition of alfa-FeRh and resultantly large variation of the density of states in the vicinity of MgO tunneling barrier, referred to as phase transition tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance. The junctions with only one alfa-FeRh magnetic electrode show a magnetoresistance ratio up to 20% at room temperature. Both the polarity and magnitude of the phase transition tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance can be modulated by interfacial engineering at the alfa-FeRh/MgO interface. Besides the fundamental significance, our finding might add a different dimension to magnetic random access memory and antiferromagnet spintronics.
arXiv comment25 pages, 5 figures, accepted by Nature Communications
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