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We study the role of diamagnetic effects on the transport properties of metallic magnetic multilayers to elucidate whether they can explain the Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR) effect observed in those systems. Realistic Fermi surface…
The giant magnetoresistance (GMR) of ferromagnetic bilayers with a superconducting contact (F1/F2/S) is calculated in ballistic and diffusive regimes. As in spin-valve, it is assumed that the magnetization in the two ferromagnetic layers F1…
The properties of the archetypal Co/Cu giant magnetoresistance (GMR) spin-valve structure have been modified by the insertion of very thin (sub-monolayer) $\delta$-layers of various elements at different points within the Co layers, and at…
The degradation mechanisms of multilayer graphene spin valves are investigated. The spin injection signals in graphene spin valves have been reported to be linearly dependent on the drain bias voltage, which indicates that the spin…
Emerging spin-orbit-torque devices based on spin valves require a thin magnetic free layer to maximize the torque per moment. However, reducing the free-layer thickness to $\lesssim 2$ nm deteriorates the giant magnetoresistance (GMR)…
We address two finite size effects in perpendicular transport through magnetic multilayers. When the magnetic layer thickness in spin valves becomes of the order or smaller than the spin-flip diffusion length, structural asymmetries affect…
We present systematic magnetoelectronic measurements of magnetic nanopillars with different structures of polarizing magnetic layers. The magnetic reversal at small magnetic field, the onset of magnetic dynamics at larger field, and the…
Angular variation of giant magnetoresistance and spin-transfer torque in metallic spin-valve heterostructures is analyzed theoretically in the limit of diffusive transport. It is shown that the spin-transfer torque in asymmetric spin valves…
We use nanometer-sized point contacts to a Co/Cu spin valve to study the giant magnetoresistance (GMR) of only a few Co domains. The measured data show strong device-to-device differences of the GMR curve, which we attribute to the absence…
Spin Hall magnetoresistance (SMR) refers to a resistance change in a metallic film reflecting the magnetization direction of a magnet attached to the film. The mechanism of this phenomenon is spin exchange between conduction-electron spins…
It is shown that, upon the electron quantum transport via the nanostructure containing a spin dimer, the spin-flip processes caused by the s-f exchange interaction between electron and dimer spins lead to the Fano resonance effects. An…
Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) material has great potential as next generation magnetic field sensing devices, have magnetic properties and high electrical potential to be developed into various applications such as: magnetic field sensor…
We measure the giant magnetoresistance (GMR) with the current both parallel and perpendicular to the direction of the magnetization in the ferromagnetic (FM) layers and thus probe the anisotropy of the effective mean free paths for the…
Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) of sequentially evaporated Fe-Ag structures have been investigated. Direct experimental evidence is given that inserting ferromagnetic layers into a granular structure significantly enhances the…
A large spin-dependent and electric field-tunable magnetoresistance of a two-dimensional electron system (2DES) is a key ingredient for the realization of many novel concepts for spin-based electronic devices. The low magnetoresistance…
The relevance of pair-breaking by exchange and dipolar fields, and by injected spins in a low carrier density cuprate Y$_{1-x}$Pr$_x$Ba$_2$Cu$_3$O$_7$ sandwiched between two ferromagnetic La$_{2 / 3}$Sr$_{1 / 3}$MnO$_{3}$ layers is…
We present an extension to simple s-d models, aiming at simulating ultrafast magnetization dynamics and spin transport in metallic heterostructures. In particular, we consider an alternative spin dissipation channel due to a finite exchange…
The mechanisms underlying magnon damping are of fundamental and technological interest in low-damping materials. We find low-damping ferrimagnetic insulator Li$_{0.5}$Al$_{1.0}$Fe$_{1.5}$O$_4$ (LAFO) thin films to be a promising model…
In spin values the damping parameters of the free layer are determined non-locally by the entire magnetic configuration. In a dual spin valve structure that comprises a free layer embedded between two pinned layers, the spin pumping…
In solid state physics, giant magnetoresistance is the large change in electrical resistance due to an external magnetic field. Here we show that giant magnetoresistance is possible in a spin chain composed of weakly interacting layers of…