Materials Science Forum, Vol.373-3, 529-532, 2001
Spin-dependent quasiparticle tunneling in junction superconductor-isolator-ferromagnetic
The influence of Andreev reflection of quasiparticles in transparent tunnel junctions of superconductor-isolator-ferromagnetic on electric-current transport is studied within the framework of the Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk (BTK) model. It's obtained that current and signal-to-noise ratio can be increased for the memory cell by using in it the double-barrier tunnel junction ferromagnetic-isolator-superconductor-isolator-ferromagnetic instead off the usual tunnel junction ferromagnetic-isolator-ferromagnetic. The evolution of non-linear (tunnel-type) current-voltage characteristics with increasing of the junction transparency is described.
Keywords:spin-dependent tunneling;quasiparticles;Andreev reflection;current-voltage characteristic;Bogolyubov-de Gennes equation