Ab initio study of magnetoresistance effect in $\mathrm{M}{\mathrm{n}}_3\mathrm{Sn}/\mathrm{MgO}/\mathrm{M}{\mathrm{n}}_3\mathrm{Sn}$ antiferromagnetic tunnel junction

Abstract

The antiferromagnets with the time-reversal symmetry broken magnetic structures possess a finite spin splitting in the momentum space, and may contribute to a realization of a finite tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) effect even with magnets with zero net spin polarization. In this paper, we study the TMR effect with the noncollinear antiferromagnet $\mathrm{M}{\mathrm{n}}_3\mathrm{Sn}$ whose inverse $120^{\circ }$ antiferromagnetic order breaks the time-reversal symmetry. In particular, we employ the representative barrier material $\mathrm{MgO}$ as the tunnel insulator, and calculate the TMR effect in the $\mathrm{M}{\mathrm{n}}_3\mathrm{Sn}(01\bar{1}0)/\mathrm{MgO}(110)/\mathrm{M}{\mathrm{n}}_3\mathrm{Sn}$ magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs), which has an optimal geometry for the spin-orbit torque switching of the magnetic configurations. We show that a finite TMR ratio reaching $\gtrsim 1000\%$ appears in the $\mathrm{M}{\mathrm{n}}_3\mathrm{Sn}/\mathrm{MgO}/\mathrm{M}{\mathrm{n}}_3\mathrm{Sn}$ MTJs, which is due to the spin splitting properties of $\mathrm{M}{\mathrm{n}}_3\mathrm{Sn}$ in the momentum space combined with the screening effect of $\mathrm{MgO}$.

12 pages, 8 figures

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