We report exact model calculations of the spin-dependent tunneling in double
magnetic tunnel junctions in the presence of impurities in the well. We show
that the impurity can tune selectively the spin channels giving rise to a wide
variety of interesting and novel transport phenomena. The tunneling
magnetoresistance, the spin polarization and the local current can be
dramatically enhanced or suppressed by impurities. The underlying mechanism is
the impurity-induced shift of the quantum well states (QWS) which depends on
the impurity potential, impurity position and the symmetry of the QWS.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
