Phys. Rev. B 77, 113409 (2008) [4 pages]Theory of huge tunneling magnetoresistance in grapheneReceived 18 February 2008; published 25 March 2008 We investigate theoretically the spin-independent tunneling magnetoresistance effect in a graphene monolayer modulated by two parallel ferromagnets deposited on a dielectric layer. For the parallel magnetization configuration, Klein tunneling can be observed in the transmission spectrum but at specific oblique incident angles. For the antiparallel magnetization configuration, the transmission can be blocked by the magnetic-electric barrier provided by the ferromagnets. Such a transmission discrepancy results in a tremendous magnetoresistance ratio and can be tuned by the inclusion of an electric barrier. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.113409
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.113409
PACS:
73.23.−b, 03.65.Pm, 73.43.Cd, 75.70.Ak
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