摘要
TheelectronicstructuresofspinelMgAl2O4andMgOtunnelbarriermaterialswereinvestigatedusingfirst-principlesdensityfunctionaltheorycalculations.OurresultsshowthatsimilarelectronicstructuresarefoundfortheMgAl2O4andMgOtunnelingbarriers.ThecalculateddirectenergygapsattheΓ-pointareabout5.10eVforMgAl2O4and4.81eVforMgO,respectively.BecauseofthesimilarfeatureinbandstructuresfromΓhigh-symmetrypointtoFpoint(△band),thecoherenttunnelingeffectmightbeexpectedtoappearinMgAl2O4-basedMTJslikeinMgO-basedMTJs.ThesmalldifferenceofthesurfacefreeenergiesofFe(2.9J.m-2)andMgAl2O4(2.27J·m-2)onthe{100}orientation,andthesmallerlatticemismatchbetweenMgAl2O4andferromagneticelectrodesthanthatbetweenMgOandferromagneticelectrodes,thespinelMgAl2O4cansubstituteMgOtofabricatethecoherenttunnelingandchemicallystablemagnetictunneljunctionstructures,whichwillbeappliedinthenextgenerationreadheadsorspintronicdevices.
出版日期
2012年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)