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Projekt
Spin and symmetry electronic properties of spintronics interfaces with Heusler compounds
Antragsteller
Professor Dr. Mirko Cinchetti
Fachliche Zuordnung
Experimentelle Physik der kondensierten Materie
Förderung
Förderung von 2010 bis 2016
Projektkennung
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 164481210
This project addresses the fundamental issues connected to the realization of advanced pure Heusler-based room temperature spintronics devices. Focus will be put on the basic building block of every such device, namely the heterojunction between a spin injector (SI) and a spin conductor (SC) material. The specific functionality of SI/SC building blocks will be characterized in terms of two fundamental properties: (i) the spin-injection efficiency at the SI-SC interface; and (ii) the spin diffusion length in the SC itself. Experimentally, the quantities (i) and (ii) will be accessible by implementing an established experimental strategy based on the spin-and time-resolved two-photon photoemission (STR-2PPE). It allows to correlate the efficiency of spin-injection with the static spin-dependent properties of the considered interface as well as to distinguish unambiguously between interface and bulk spin-dependent properties of the considered SI/SC heterojunction. The provided experimental evidence will allow identifying the best suited SI/SC building blocks for developing the foundations of future advanced spintronics devices.
DFG-Verfahren
Forschungsgruppen
Großgeräte
Cryostat
Gerätegruppe
8550 Spezielle Kryostaten (für tiefste Temperaturen)
Beteiligte Person
Professor Dr. Martin Aeschlimann
