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American Physical Society, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter), 20(68), 2003

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.68.201307

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Point Contact Spin Spectroscopy of Ferromagnetic MnAs Epitaxial Films

Journal article published in 2003 by R. P. Panguluri, G. Tsoi, B. Nadgorny, S. H. Chun ORCID, N. Samarth, I. I. Mazin
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Abstract

We use point contact Andreev reflection spin spectroscopy to measure the transport spin polarization of MnAs epitaxial films grown on (001) GaAs. By analyzing both the temperature dependence of the contact resistance and the phonon spectra of lead acquired simultaneously with the spin polarization measurements, we demonstrate that all the point contacts are in the ballistic limit. A ballistic transport spin polarization of approximately 49% and 44% is obtained for the type A and type B orientations of MnAs, respectively. These measurements are consistent with our density functional calculations, and with recent observations of a large tunnel magnetoresistance in MnAs/AlAs/(Ga,Mn)As tunnel junctions. ; Comment: 5 Figures