Abstract
Using a nonequilibrium diagram technique for Hubbard operator Green functions combined with a generalization of the transfer Hamiltonian formalism, we calculate the transport through a magnetic quantum dot system with spin-dependent couplings to the contacts. In specific regimes of the parameter space the spin-dependent tunnel current becomes more than 99.95% spin polarized, suggesting that a device thus constructed can be used in spin-filter applications. First-principles electronic structure calculations show the existence of nanostructured systems, such as, e.g., (001), with the desired properties in the direction of the current.
- Received 8 November 2002
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.67.205310
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