Spin filtering in a δ-doped magnetic-electric-barrier nanostructure

Abstract

We report a theoretical study on spin-polarized transport in a δ-doped magnetic-electric-barrier nanostructure, which can be realized in experiments by depositing two ferromagnetic stripes on top and bottom of a semiconductor heterostructure under an applied voltage and by using atomic layer doping technique. The spin-polarized behavior of the electron in this device is found to be quite sensitive to the δ-doping. One can conveniently tune the degree of the electron spin polarization by adjusting the weight and/or position of the δ-doping. Thus, the involved nansosystem can be employed as a controllable spin filter, which may be helpful for exploiting new spin-polarized source for spintronics applications.