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Theory of spin loss at metallic interfaces (Conference Presentation)
Author(s): Kirill D. Belashchenko; Giovanni G. Baez Flores; Alexey A. Kovalev; Mark van Schilfgaarde

Paper Abstract

Interfacial spin-flip scattering plays an important role in magnetoelectronic devices. Spin loss at metallic interfaces has usually been quantified by matching the magnetoresistance data for multilayers to the Valet-Fert model, while treating each interface as a fictitious bulk layer whose thickness is $\delta$ times the spin-diffusion length. However, the relation between the parameter $\delta$ and the scattering properties of the interface has been missing. We establish this relation using the properly generalized magnetoelectronic circuit theory, for both normal and ferromagnetic interfaces. It is found that the parameter $\delta$ extracted from the measurements on multilayers scales with the square root of the probability of spin-flip scattering. The spin-flip scattering probabilities are calculated for several specific interfaces using the Landauer-Büttiker method based on the first-principles electronic structure, and the results are compared with experimental data.

Paper Details

Date Published: 3 October 2017
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Proc. SPIE 10357, Spintronics X, 1035712 (3 October 2017); doi: 10.1117/12.2276035
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Kirill D. Belashchenko, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln (United States)
Giovanni G. Baez Flores, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln (United States)
Alexey A. Kovalev, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln (United States)
Mark van Schilfgaarde, King's College London (United Kingdom)

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 10357:
Spintronics X
Henri-Jean Drouhin; Jean-Eric Wegrowe; Manijeh Razeghi; Henri Jaffrès, Editor(s)