Skyrmion meets magnetic tunnel junction: an efficient way for electrical skyrmion detection investigated by ab initio theory
arXiv:1901.10313 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.214413
Abstract
In our proof-of-principle study we examine the influence of skyrmions on magnetoresistive transport. In particular, we show that magnetic tunnel junctions are a technologically appealing and promising way for electrical detection of non-collinear magnetic structures. The calculated effect is shown to originate from scattering between different k-states and cannot be identified through densities of states alone. Our results suggest that the detection efficiency strongly depends on the utilized materials.
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