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Spintronics and magnetic semiconductors Tomas Jungwirth Institute of Physics ASCR, Prague Sasha Shick, Jan Mašek, Vít Novák, et al. University of Nottingham Bryan Gallagher, Tom Foxon, Richard Campion, et al. University of Texas Texas A&M Univ. Hitachi Cambridge Allan MacDonald, Qian Niu et al. Jairo Sinova, et al. Jorg Wunderlich, David Williams, et al. NERC SWAN 1. Current spintronics in HDD read-heads and memory chips 2. Basic physical principles of the operation of spintronic devices 3. Semiconductor spintronics research 4. Summary Current spintronics applications First hard disc (1956) - classical electromagnet for read-out 1 bit: 1mm x 1mm MB’s From PC hard drives ('90) to micro-discs - spintronic read-heads 1 bit: 10-3mm x 10-3mm 10’s-100’s GB’s Anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) read head 1992 - dawn of spintronics Appreciable sensitivity, simple design, scalable, cheap Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) read head - 1997 High sensitivity and are almost on and off states: “1” and “0” & magnetic memory bit MEMORY CHIPS . DRAM (capacitor) - high density, cheep x high power, volatile . SRAM (transistors) - low power, fast x low density, expensive, volatile . Flash (floating gate) - non-volatile x slow, limited lifetime, expensive Operation through electron charge manipulation MRAM – universal memory fast, small, low-power, durable, and non-volatile 2006- First commercial 4Mb MRAM Based on Tunneling Magneto-Resistance (similar to GMR but insulating spacer) RAM chip that actually won't forget instant on-and-off computers Based on Tunneling Magneto-Resistance (similar to GMR but insulating spacer) RAM chip that actually won't forget instant on-and-off computers 1. Current spintronics in HDD read-heads and memory chips 2. Basic physical principles of the operation of spintronic devices 3. Semiconductor spintronics research 4. Summary Electron has a charge (electronics) and spin (spintronics) Electrons do not actually “spin”, they produce a magnetic moment that is equivalent to an electron spinning clockwise or anti-clockwise quantum mechanics & special relativity particles/antiparticles & spin E=p2/2m E ih d/dt p -ih d/dr ... E2/c2=p2+m2c2 (E=mc2 for p=0) high-energy physics Dirac equation solid-state physics and microelectronics Resistor classical spintronic external manipulation of charge & spin internal communication between charge & spin e- many-body e- Pauli exclusion principle & Coulomb repulsion Ferromagnetism total wf antisymmetric FERO = orbital wf antisymmetric * spin wf symmetric (aligned) MAG • Robust (can be as strong as bonding in solids) • Strong coupling to magnetic field (weak fields = anisotropy fields needed only to reorient macroscopic moment) NET relativistic single-particle Spin-orbit coupling (Dirac eq. in external field V(r) & 2nd-order in v /c around non-relativistic limit) Beff 1 ( V ) p 2 2 2m c H SO s Beff e- V Beff • Current sensitive to magnetization direction s p Conventional ferromagnetic metals Mott’s model of transport ss sd ss sd itinerant 4s: no exch.-split no SO Ab initio Kubo (CPA) formula for AMR and AHE in FeNi alloys AMR Mott&Wills ‘36 AHE Khmelevskyi ‘PRB 03 Banhart&Ebert EPL‘95 localized 3d: exch. split SO coupled difficult to connect models and microscopics 1. Current spintronics in HDD read-heads and memory chips 2. Basic physical principles of the operation of spintronic devices 3. Semiconductor spintronics research 4. Summary Ferromagnetic semiconductors More tricky than just hammering an iron nail in a silicon wafer Ga Mn As Mn GaAs - standard III-V semiconductor Group-II Mn - dilute magnetic moments & holes (Ga,Mn)As - ferromagnetic semiconductor Ga As-p-like holes Mn As Mn Mn-d-like local moments - carriers with both strong SO coupling and exchange splitting, yet simple semiconductor-like bands - Mn 3d5 (S=5/2, L=0): no SO coupling just help to stabilize ferromagnetism Favorable systems for exploring physical origins of old spintronics effects and for finding new ones AMR: a reflection of Fermi surface spin textures in transport ky ~(k . s)2 SO-coupling without FM ~Mx . sx kx FM without SO-coupling Enhanced interband scattering near degeneracy M ~(k . s)2 + Mx . sx FM & SO-coupling M Hot spots for scattering of states moving M R(M I)> R(M || I) Family of new AMR effects: TAMR – anisotropic TDOS TAMR – discovered in GaMnAs Au GaMnAs AlOx predicted and observed in metals Au Au Resistance [100] [100] [010] [100] [010] [010] [110] [010] M F [100] [110] [010] Gould, et al., PRL'04, Brey et al. APL’04, Ruster et al.PRL’05, Giraud et al. APL’05, Saito et al. PRB’05, Shick et al.PRB'06, Bolotin et al. PRL'06, Viret et al. EJP’06, Moser et al. 06, Grigorenko et al. ‘06 TAMR spintronic diode classical spintronic TMR spintronic TAMR TMR Au Au No need for exchange biased fixed magnet or spin coherent tunneling Coulomb blockade AMR spintronic transistor Source Q VD Drain Anisotropic chemical potential [110] Gate VG [010] M F [100] [110] electric & magnetic control of CB oscillations Wunderlich et al. PRL 06 [010] CBAMR SET • Generic effect in FMs with SO-coupling (predicted higher-T CBAMR for metals) • Combines electrical transistor action with magnetic storage • Switching between p-type and n-type transistor by M programmable logic Dilute moment nature of ferromagnetic semiconductors Key problems with increasing MRAM capacity (bit density): - Unintentional dipolar cross-links - External field addressing neighboring bits One 10-100x weaker dipolar fields Current induced switching replacing external field 10-100x smaller Ms Tsoi et al. PRL 98, Mayers Sci 99 Ga As Mn 10-100x smaller currents for switching Sinova et al., PRB 04, Yamanouchi et al. Nature 04 Mn Dipolar-field-free current induced switching nanostructures Micromagnetics (magnetic anisotropy) without dipolar fields (shape anisotropy) One Domain wall (b) ~100 nm Can be moved by ~100x smaller currents than in metals Humpfner et al. 06, Wunderlich et al. 06 Strain controlled magnetocrystalline (SO-induced) anisotropy Materials research of DMSs In (Ga,Mn)As Tc ~ #MnGa (Tc=170K for 6% MnGa) But the SC refuses to accept many group-II Mn on the group-III Ga sublattice III = I + II Ga = Li + Zn GaAs and LiZnAs are twin SC (Ga,Mn)As and Li(Zn,Mn)As should be twin ferromagnetic SC But Mn isovalent in Li(Zn,Mn)As Masek et al. PRL 07 no Mn concentration limit possibly both p-type and n-type ferromagnetic SC (Li / Zn stoichiometry) 1. Current spintronics in HDD read-heads and memory chips 2. Basic physical principles of the operation of spintronic devices 3. Semiconductor spintronics research 4. Summary Magnetization Spintronics explores new avenues for: • Information reading Current • Information reading & storage Tunneling magneto-resistance sensor and memory bit • Information reading & storage & writing Current induced magnetization switching • Information reading & storage & writing & processing Spintronic single-electron transistor: magnetoresistance controlled by gate voltage Ga As • Materials: Dilute moment ferromagnetic semiconductors Mn Mn (Ga,Mn)As material Ga Mn As Mn - Mn local moments too dilute (near-neghbors cople AF) - Holes do not polarize in pure GaAs - Hole mediated Mn-Mn FM coupling 5 d-electrons with L=0 S=5/2 local moment moderately shallow acceptor (110 meV) hole Mn–hole spin-spin interaction Ga Mn As Mn As-p Mn-d hybridization Hybridization like-spin level repulsion Jpd SMn shole interaction Ferromagnetic Mn-Mn coupling mediated by holes heff = Jpd <SMn> || x Hole Fermi surfaces Mn As Ga Heff = Jpd <shole> || -x Spintronics in non-magnetic semiconductors way around the problem of Tc in ferromagnetic semiconductors & back to exploring spintronics fundamentals Spintronics relies on extraordinary magnetoresistance Ordinary magnetoresistance: response in normal metals to external magnetic field via classical Lorentz force B Extraordinary magnetoresistance: response to internal spin polarization in ferromagnets often via quantum-relativistic spin-orbit coupling anisotropic magnetoresistance _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ FL +++++++++++++ V I M __ FSO I e.g. ordinary (quantum) Hall effect V and anomalous Hall effect Known for more than 100 years but still controversial Anomalous Hall effect in ferromagnetic conductors: spin-dependent deflection & more spin-ups transverse voltage skew scattering intrinsic side jump majority _ __ FSO FSO I _ minority FSO __ FSO non-magnetic V I V=0 Spin Hall effect in non-magnetic conductors: spin-dependent deflection transverse edge spin polarization Spin Hall effect detected optically in GaAs-based structures Same magnetization achieved by external field generated by a superconducting magnet with 106 x larger dimensions & 106 x larger currents p n n SHE mikročip, 100A SHE detected elecrically in metals Cu supravodivý magnet, 100 A SHE edge spin accumulation can be extracted and moved further into the circuit