The spin polarization of CrO2 revisited

Yates, Karen A.; Branford, W. R.; Magnus, F.; Miyoshi, Y.; Morris, B.; Cohen, L. F.; Sousa, P. M.; Conde, O.; Silvestre, António Jorge

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Silvestre, António Jorge

Abstract(s)

Here, we use Andreev reflection spectroscopy to study the spin polarization of high quality CrO2 films. We study the spin polarization as a function of growth temperature, resulting in grain size and electrical resistivity. In these films low temperature growth appears to be a necessary but not sufficient condition to guarantee the observation of high spin polarization, and this is only observed in conjunction with suppressed superconducting gap values and anomalously low interface properties. We suggest that this combination of observations is a manifestation of the long range spin triplet proximity effect. (C) 2007 American Institute of Physics.

Keywords

Contact Andreev reflection Transport Films Transition

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/1762

Citation

Yates K. A, Branford W R, Magnus F, Miyoshi Y, Morris B, Cohen L F, Sousa P M, Conde O, Silvestre A. J. The spin polarization of CrO2 revisited. Applied Physics Letters. ISSN‎: ‎0003-6951. 2007: 91 (17).