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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus

MA 33: Poster II

MA 33.83: Poster

Friday, March 26, 2010, 11:00–14:00, Poster B1

Ab initio calculations of the electronic transport in MnAs nanoclusters — •Michael Czerner, André Simon, and Christian Heiliger — I. Physikalisches Institut, Justus Liebig University Giessen, D-35392, Germany

Magnetic MnAs nanoclusters can be grown on a GaAs substrate in a controlled manner [1]. Such structures can be used to construct planar magnetic devices for spintronic applications. We perform ab initio calculations by means of the non-equilibrium Keldysh formalism implemented in the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Green’s function method [2]. We study the spin-dependent transport of MnAs in the hexagonal NiAs structure along different crystallographic directions. Furthermore we discuss in detail the transport through interfaces formed by two MnAs clusters with different magnetic domains. We found a very large magnetoresistance ratio above 200% while the spin polarization is low, which is originated by the different Fermi surface topologies of the two spin channels.

[1] S. Ito, S. Hara, T. Wakatsuki and T. Fukui, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 243117 (2009)

[2] C. Heiliger, M. Czerner, B. Yu. Yavorsky, I. Mertig, M. D. Stiles, J. Appl. Phys. 103, 07A709 (2008)