PERPENDICULAR TRANSPORT THROUGH MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS

被引:106
作者
BAUER, GEW [1 ]
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[1] DELFT UNIV TECHNOL, FAC APPL PHYS, 2628 CJ DELFT, NETHERLANDS
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1676
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
A theory of the perpendicular transport of electrons through metallic multilayers based on the Landauer-Buttiker formalism is presented and applied to the magnetoresistance of antiferromagnetically coupled magnetic multilayers. The contributions of contact potential, interface roughness, and bulk impurity scattering to the spin-selective transmission or spin-valve effect are described by a simple closed formula which, in the absence of spin-flip) scattering, unites previous approaches.
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页码:1676 / 1679
页数:4
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