Abstract
The effect of self-affine interface roughness on spin filter tunnelling as a function of interface roughness parameters and the temperature dependent barrier parameters at low biases is studied. The interface roughness is described by the k-correlation model and in terms of self-affine scaling by root-mean-square (rms) deviation Δ, correlation length ξ, and the roughness exponent H(0≤H≤1). In general, the spin-dependent transmission probability is strongly sensitive to roughness and reduced for the case of spin up and down directions in all configurations. Our numerical results show that the roughness affects spin polarization (SP) and tunnelling magnetoresistance (TMR) at different temperatures and decreases the maximum achievable TMR and SP.
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