Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 74, Number 2, April 2006
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Page(s) | 320 - 326 | |
Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10006-0 | |
Published online | 17 March 2006 |
Controlling spin in an electronic interferometer with spin-active interfaces
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
Received:
12
January
2006
Accepted:
22
February
2006
We consider electronic current transport through a ballistic one-dimensional quantum wire connected to two ferromagnetic leads. We study the effects of the spin-dependence of interfacial phase shifts (SDIPS) acquired by electrons upon scattering at the boundaries of the wire. The SDIPS produces a spin-splitting of the wire resonant energies which is tunable with the gate voltage and the angle between the ferromagnetic polarizations. This property could be used for manipulating spins. In particular, it leads to a giant magnetoresistance effect with a sign tunable with the gate voltage and the magnetic field applied to the wire.
PACS: 73.23.-b – Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems / 75.75.+a – Magnetic properties of nanostructures / 85.75.-d – Magnetoelectronics; spintronics: devices exploiting spin polarized transport or integrated magnetic fields
© EDP Sciences, 2006
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