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Magnetic anisotropy is a key parameter to describe the exchange bias effect in heterostructures. In this paper, we describe explicit density functional calculations of the magnetic structure of an interface between the industrially…
We propose a mechanism for negative isotropic magnetoresistance in the hopping regime. It results from a memory effect encrypted into spin correlations that are not taken into account by the conventional theory of hopping conductivity. The…
Experiments on high-quality GaAs (311)A two-dimensional holes at low temperatures reveal a remarkable dependence of the magnetoresistance, measured with an in-plane magnetic field ($B$), on the direction of $B$ relative to both the crystal…
We have studied the magnetotransport through an indium antimonide (InSb) nanowire grown in [111] direction, with a geometric constriction and in an external magnetic field applied along the nanowire axis. We have found that the…
The magnetoresistance of a granular superconductor in a strong magnetic field destroying the gap in each grain is considered. It is assumed that the tunneling between grains is sufficiently large such that all conventional effects of…
Correlated electron systems, particularly iron-based superconductors, are extremely sensitive to strain, which inevitably occurs in the crystal growth process. Built-in strain of this type has been proposed as a possible explanation for…
Magnetoresistive properties of granular Bi-based HTSC with trapped magnetic fields are investigated in the temperature region near superconducting transition . The effect of trapped field and transport current values and orientations on the…
We have fabricated (Ga,Mn)As nanostructures in which domain walls can be pinned by sub-10 nm constrictions. Controlled by shape anisotropy, we can switch the regions on either side of the constriction to either parallel or antiparallel…
The periodic response of magnetoresistance to an externally tunable parameter, such as magnetic field or chemical composition, in the bulk or an artificially designed material has been exploited for technological applications as well as to…
The magnetoresistance (MR) of a material is typically insensitive to reversing the applied field direction and varies quadratically with magnetic field in the low-field limit. Quantum effects [1], unusual topological band structures [2],…
We observe spin-valve-like effects in nano-scaled thermally evaporated Co/AlOx/Au tunnel junctions. The tunneling magnetoresistance is anisotropic and depends on the relative orientation of the magnetization direction of the Co electrode…
We study the transport properties of a 2D electron gas in narrow GaAs quantum wells with AlAs/GaAs superlattice barriers. It is shown that the anisotropic positive magnetoresistance observed in selectively doped semiconductor structures in…
Abstract We study the temperature dependence of the absorption of microwaves by random-anisotropy magnets. It is governed by strong metastability due to the broad distribution of energy barriers separating different spin configurations. At…
We have performed magnetoresistance measurements on single-domain, submicron elliptical Ni particles using nonmagnetic probes in a four probe geometry at liquid helium temperatures. In the smallest particles, the magnetoresistance shows…
The nonlinearity of magnetization precession and spin waves is a cornerstone of contemporary magnonics. We investigate nonlinear magnetization dynamics in a thin epitaxial iron film driven by femtosecond laser pulses in regimes of…
Fabrication of a multistrip magnetic/nonmagnetic structure in a thin sandwiched Ni layer [Si(5 nm)/Ni(10 nm)/Si] by a focused ion beam (FIB) irradiation has been attempted. A control experiment was initially performed by irradiation with a…
It was experimentally observed that both magnetic anisotropy and spin-orbit interaction strength change when the magnetization of the nanomagnet is reversed. This indicates a variation in spin-orbit interaction strength depending on whether…
We measure the low-temperature resistance of permalloy break junctions as a function of contact size and the magnetic field angle, in applied fields large enough to saturate the magnetization. For both nanometer-scale metallic contacts and…
Stripe domains are studied in perpendicular magnetic anisotropy films nanostructured with a periodic thickness modulation that induces the lateral modulation of both stripe periods and inplane magnetization. The resulting system is the 2D…
We study the effect of the shape anisotropy on the magnetic domain configurations of a ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As/GaAs(001) epitaxial wire as a function of temperature. Using magnetoresistance measurements, we deduce the magnetic…