Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2000-04-05
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
10 pages, 6 figures. accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.64.104434
The current through ferromagnetic single-electron transistors (SET's) is considered. Using path integrals the linear response conductance is formulated as a function of the tunnel conductance vs. quantum conductance and the temperature vs. Coulomb charging energy. The magneto-resistance of ferromagnet-normal metal-ferromagnet (F-N-F) SET's is almost independent of the Coulomb charging energy and is only reduced when the transport dwell time is longer than the spin-flip relaxation time. In all-ferromagnetic (F-F-F) SET's with negligible spin-flip relaxation time the magneto-resistance is calculated analytically at high temperatures and numerically at low temperatures. The F-F-F magneto-resistance is enhanced by higher order tunneling processes at low temperatures in the 'off' state when the induced charges vanishes. In contrast, in the 'on' state near resonance the magneto-resistance ratio is a non-monotonic function of the inverse temperature.
Brataas Arne
Wang Xiang-Hui
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