GMR in magnetic multilayers from a first principles band structure kubo-greenwood approach

Fangyi Rao; A. J. Freeman

doi:10.1109/20.706316

GMR in magnetic multilayers from a first principles band structure kubo-greenwood approach

Fangyi Rao^*, A. J. Freeman

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We employ the Kubo-Greenwood formula to investigate from first-principles the giant magnetoresistance in Fe_mM_n (M=V, Or, Mn and Cu) superlattices. The results indicate that MR can arise from band structure changes from ferromagnetic to anti-ferromagnetic alignments. Quantum confinement in the perpendicular direction is induced by the potential steps between the Fe and spacer layers and causes a much larger MR in the current-perpendicular-to-the-plane (CPP) geometry than in the current-in-plane (CIP) geometry. In the presence of the spin-orbit coupling interaction, MR is found to be reduced by spin-channel mixing.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	930-932
Number of pages	3
Journal	Ieee Transactions on Magnetics
Volume	34
Issue number	4 PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/20.706316
State	Published - 1998

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Fangyi Rao, Tel: (510)-739-4266, Fax: (510)-739-4242, Email: fraoOavanticorp.com. This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (Grant No. DE-FG02-88ER45372) and by a grant of computing time on the NERSC supercomputers.

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