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Magnetoresistance effects and spin-valve like behavior of an arrangement of two MnAs nanoclusters
| Title: | Magnetoresistance effects and spin-valve like behavior of an arrangement of two MnAs nanoclusters |
| Authors: | Fischer, M. Browse this author | | Elm, M. T Browse this author | | Sakita, S. Browse this author | | Hara, S. Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Klar, P. J Browse this author |
| Issue Date: | 20-Jan-2015 |
| Publisher: | American Instutute of Physics |
| Journal Title: | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume: | 106 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page: | 032401 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1063/1.4906036 |
| Abstract: | We report on magnetotransport measurements on a MnAs nanocluster arrangement consisting of two elongated single-domain clusters connected by a metal spacer. The arrangement was grown on GaAs(111)B-substrates by selective-area metal organic vapor phase epitaxy. Its structural properties were investigated using scanning-electron microscopy and atomic-force microscopy, while its magnetic domain structure was analyzed by magnetic-force microscopy. The magnetoresistance of the arrangement was investigated at 120 K for two measurement geometries with the magnetic field oriented in the sample plane. For both geometries, discrete jumps of the magnetoresistance of the MnAs nanocluster arrangement were observed. These jumps can be explained by magnetic-field induced switching of the relative orientation of the magnetizations of the two clusters which affects the spin-dependent scattering in the interface region between the clusters. For a magnetic field orientation parallel to the nanoclusters' elongation direction a spin-valve like behavior was observed, showing that ferromagnetic nanoclusters may be suitable building blocks for planar magnetoelectronic devices. |
| Rights: | Copyright 2015 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Appl. Phys. Lett. 106, 032401, 2015, and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4906036 |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/57750 |
| Appears in Collections: | 量子集積エレクトロニクス研究センター (Research Center for Integrated Quantum Electronics) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 原 真二郎
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