Author/Authors :
Hermann Suderow، نويسنده , , M Crespo، نويسنده , , S Vieira، نويسنده , , M Vila، نويسنده , , M Garcia-Hernandez، نويسنده , , A de Andres، نويسنده , , C Prieto، نويسنده , , C Ocal، نويسنده , , J.L Martinez، نويسنده , , Y.M Mukovskii، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We study the conductance of single atom point contacts made between a gold STM tip and a gold layer evaporated on top of the half-metallic ferromagnetic manganite La2/3Sr1/3MnO3. The conductance histogram shows the typical peak corresponding to the last gold contact before rupture at a value smaller than the quantum of conductance, indicating that the current through the single atom contact is partially spin polarized. We discuss the possible use of this effect as a method to measure the spin polarization of spin active electronic devices.
