TY - JOUR
AU - Müller, M.
AU - Luysberg, M.
AU - Schneider, C.M.
TI - Magnetic properties of EuS spin filter tunnel contacts to silicon
JO - Journal of applied physics
VL - 109
SN - 0021-8979
CY - Melville, NY
PB - American Institute of Physics
M1 - PreJuSER-17481
SP - 07C710
PY - 2011
N1 - M. M. gratefully acknowledges Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Grant MU 3160/1-1) for financial support
AB - We investigate the magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic insulator EuS in view of its potential in spin-filter tunnel contacts to silicon. We prepared thin polycrystalline EuS films directly on (001) oriented Si substrates that show well-defined magnetic properties down to the monolayer regime. Addressing the question of magnetic coupling between a EuS magnetic tunnel barrier and a CoO/Co magnetic electrode, we succeeded in realizing an independent magnetic switching behavior in this spin-valve-type system. These results are important prerequisites for future spin-dependent transport experiments. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3549609]
KW - J (WoSType)
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000289952100119
DO - DOI:10.1063/1.3549609
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/17481
ER -