Spin-dependent diffraction at ferromagnetic/spin spiral interface

A. Manchon; N. Ryzhanova; A. Vedyayev; B. Dieny

doi:10.1063/1.2837479

Spin-dependent diffraction at ferromagnetic/spin spiral interface

A. Manchon^*, N. Ryzhanova, A. Vedyayev, B. Dieny

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Abstract

Spin-dependent transport is investigated in ballistic regime through the interface between a ferromagnet and a spin spiral. We show that spin-dependent interferences lead to a new type of diffraction called "spin diffraction." It is shown that this spin diffraction leads to local spin and electrical currents along the interface. This study also shows that in highly nonhomogeneous magnetic configuration (nonadiabatic limit), the contribution of the diffracted electrons is crucial to describe spin transport in such structures.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	07A721
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	103
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2837479
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

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This work was partially supported within the European MRTN SPINSWITCH CT-2006-035327 and the Russian Fundings for Basic Research 07-02-00918-a.

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