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Spin transfer in ultrathin BiFeO3 film under external electric field

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 نشر من قبل Hong-Jian Feng
 تاريخ النشر 2012
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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First-principals calculations show that up-spin and down-spin carriers are accumulating adjacent to opposite surfaces of BiFeO3(BFO) film with applying external bias. The spin carriers are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction, and down-spin carriers move to the direction opposing the external electric field while up-spin ones along the field direction. This novel spin transfer properties make BFO film an intriguing candidate for application in spin capacitor and BFO-based multiferroic field-effect device.



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