Nanoscaled Ferromagnetic Single-Electron TransistorsShow others and affiliations
2007 (English)In: 2007 7th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology - IEEE-NANO 2007, Proceedings, Piscataway, N.J.: IEEE Press, 2007, p. 420-421Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
We report on a summary of fabricating and characterizing nanoscaled ferromagnetic single-electron transistors (F-SETs). One type of device is assembled with an atomic force microscope. A single 30 nm Au disc, forming the central island of the transistor, is manipulated with Angstrom precision into the gap between plasma oxidized Ni source and drain electrodes which are designed with different geometries to facilitate magnetic moment reversal at different magnetic fields. The tunnel resistances can be tuned in real-time during the device fabrication by re-positioning the An disc. A second type of device with Co electrodes and a central Au island is fabricated using a high-precision alignment procedure invoked during e-beam writing. Both devices exhibit single-electron transistor characteristics at 4.2K. From magnetotransport measurements carried out at 1.7K, we found that it is more efficient to realize spin injection and detection in Co/Au/Co devices fabricated with the second technique. A maximum TMR of about 4% was observed in these devices.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Piscataway, N.J.: IEEE Press, 2007. p. 420-421
Keywords [en]
Spintronics, Ferromagnetic Single-Electron Transistor, Coulomb Blockad, Tunneling Magnetoresistance
National Category
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering Physical Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-18860DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2007.4601223ISI: 000261434900096Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-52949147451ISBN: 978-1-4244-0607-4 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-18860DiVA, id: diva2:537662
Conference
7th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology Location, Hong Kong, PEOPLES R CHINA, AUG 02-05, 2007
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