# Tunneling Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions

## TL;DR

This paper models and predicts a sizable tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance effect in ferroelectric tunnel junctions influenced by ferroelectric polarization and spin-orbit coupling, revealing new device functionalities.

## Contribution

It introduces a simple quantum-mechanical model showing how ferroelectric polarization affects TAMR via SOC, highlighting a novel mechanism for tunneling electroresistance in FTJs.

## Key findings

- TAMR effect is sizable and measurable experimentally.
- Built-in electric fields influence SOC and TAMR in asymmetric FTJs.
- Switching ferroelectric polarization alters tunneling conductance through SOC changes.

## Abstract

Using a simple quantum-mechanical model, we explore a tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance (TAMR) effect in ferroelectric tunnel junctions (FTJs) with a ferromagnetic electrode and a ferroelectric barrier layer, which spontaneous polarization gives rise to the Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit coupling (SOC). For realistic parameters of the model, we predict sizable TAMR measurable experimentally. For asymmetric FTJs, which electrodes have different work functions, the built-in electric field affects the SOC parameters and leads to TAMR dependent on ferroelectric polarization direction. The SOC change with polarization switching affects tunneling conductance, revealing a new mechanism of tunneling electroresistance (TER). These results demonstrate new functionalities of FTJs which can be explored experimentally and used in electronic devices.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1905.13676