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High-field magnetoresistance of Fe/GaAs/Fe tunnel junctions

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arxiv cond-mat/0404351 v1 pith:6GWBS3JK submitted 2004-04-15 cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mtrl-sci

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keywords ironmagnetoresistancenegativegaastunnelingabsentapartbarrier
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We investigate transport through 6 to 10 nm thin epitaxial GaAs(001) barriers sandwiched between polycrystalline iron films. Apart from a pronounced tunneling magnetoresistance effect (TMR) at low magnetic fields we observe a distinct negative magnetoresistance (MR) at low and a positive MR at higher temperatures. We show that the negative MR contribution is only observed for the ferromagnetic iron contacts but is absent if iron is replaced by copper or gold electrodes. Possible explanations of the negative MR involve suppression of spin-flip scattering or Zeeman splitting of the tunneling barrier.

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