Fabrication of high-quality heterostructures with half-metallic ferromagnets and creation of spin tunneling devices

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Heusler alloy thin films are promising as ferromagnetic electrode materials because they feature high spin polarization arising from their potentially half-metallic nature. High-quality heterostructures with Heusler alloy thin films were developed for device applications. Given these heterostructures, excellent devices characteristics were demonstrated for magnetic tunnel junctions. Furthermore, giant oscillations in spin-dependent tunneling resistances as a function of barrier thickness were found for fully epitaxial magnetic tunnel junctions with Heusler alloy Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al electrodes and a MgO barrier.