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Experiment Investigation of Photo-Assisted Tunneling in a 2D Magnet-Semiconductor Tunnel Junction

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Abstract

A magnetic tunnel junction consists of two magnetic layers separated by a thin tunnel barrier and features significant magneto-tunneling resistance that depends on the alignment of spins in the magnetic layers. We introduce a novel device structure made from a monolayer semiconductor and a 2D magnetic metal Fe₃GeTe₂ with a BN tunnel barrier. This device leverages both the magnetization of the 2D magnet and light polarization to control tunneling resistance.

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Publication: This work is supported by AFOSR grant FA9550-21-1-0319 and ACS PRF# 66299-DNI10.

Presenters

  • Mohamed Shehabeldin

    Boston College

Authors

  • Mohamed Shehabeldin

    Boston College

  • Zhe Sun

    Boston College

  • Zumeng Huang

    Boston College

  • Jian Tang

    Boston College

  • Siyuan Ding

    Boston College

  • Vsevolod Belosevich

    Boston College

  • Michael Geiwitz

    Boston College

  • Kenji Watanabe

    National Institute for Materials Science, NIMS, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute of Material Science, Tsukuba, Japan, National Institute of Materials Science, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science

  • Takashi Taniguchi

    National Institute for Materials Science, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute of Material Science, Tsukuba, Japan, Advanced Materials Laboratory, National Institute for Materials Science

  • Kenneth Stephen Burch

    Boston College

  • Su-Yang Xu

    Harvard University

  • Qiong Ma

    Boston College