Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2007-11-27
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
5 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/0953-8984/20/36/365205
A simple tight-binding theoretical model is proposed for spin dependent, current-in-plane transport in highly coherent spin valve structures under specularity conditions. Using quantum-mechanically coherent and spatially quantized Fermi states in the considered multilayered system, a system of partial Boltzmann kinetic equations is built for relevant subbands to yield the expressions for conductance in parallel or antiparallel spin valve states and thus for the magneto-conductance. It is shown that specularity favors the magnetoresistance to reach its theoretical maximum for this structure close to 100%. This result is practically independent of the model parameters, in particular it does not even need that lifetimes of majority and minority carriers be different (as necessary for the quasiclassical regimes). The main MR effect in the considered limit is due to the transformation of coherent quantum states, induced by the relative rotation of magnetization in the FM layers. Numerical calculation based on the specific Boltzmann equation with an account of spin-dependent specular reflection at the interfaces is also performed for a typical choice of material parameters.
Pogorelov Yu. G.
Sousa J. B.
Teixeira J. M.
Ventura Joana
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