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Is CrO2 fully spin polarized? Analysis of Andreev spectra and excess current
Tomas Löfwander1, Roland Grein, Matthias Eschrig
1Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience-MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden.
Abstract:
We report an extensive theoretical analysis of point-contact Andreev reflection data available in the literature on ferromagnetic CrO2. We find that the spectra can be well understood within a model of fully spin-polarized bands in CrO2 together with spin-active scattering at the contact. This is in contrast to analysis of the data within extended Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk models, which lead to a spin polarization varying between 50% and 100% depending on the transparency of the interface. We propose to utilize both the temperature dependence of the spectra and the excess current at voltages above the gap to resolve the spin polarization in CrO2 in a new generation of experiments.
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