Absolute spin valve effect
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We study charge transport in a two dimensional hybrid systems consisting of nonmagnetic two dimensional electron gas with spin-orbit interaction sandwiched between a Ferromagnetic lead and a normal metallic lead (FM/2DEG/NM). An {\it absolute spin valve effect} is shown to exist. It is shown that the conductance of such a hybrid system changes upon rotating the magnetization such that it always stays perpendicular to the current direction. An ASVC ({\it Absolute Spin Valve Coefficient}) is defined to quantify this effect and its dependence on various parameter is studied.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0401137,
title = {Absolute spin valve effect},
author = {T. P. Pareek},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0401137},
year = {2007}
}
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4 pages, 5 eps figures