Domain walls and the conductivity of mesoscopic ferromagnets
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
Quantum interference phenomena in the conductivity of mesoscopic ferromagnets are considered, particularly with regard to the effects of geometric phases acquired by electrons propagating through regions of spatially varying magnetization (due, e.g., to magnetic domain walls). Weak localization and electron-electron interaction quantum corrections to the conductivity and universal conductance fluctuations are discussed. Experiments are proposed for multiply-connected geometries that should reveal conductance oscillations with variations of the profile of the magnetization.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9801113,
title = {Domain walls and the conductivity of mesoscopic ferromagnets},
author = {Yuli Lyanda-Geller and I. L. Aleiner and Paul M. Goldbart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9801113},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, 1 fugure, RevTEX, Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett