Chung, S.
, Munoz, M.
, Garcia, N.
, Egelhoff Jr., W.
and Gomez, R.
(2002),
Universal Scaling of Ballistic Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Nanocontacts, Physical Review Letters
(Accessed April 18, 2024)
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Universal Scaling of Ballistic Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Nanocontacts
Published
Author(s)
S Chung, M Munoz, N Garcia, ,
Abstract
This paper shows that ballistic magnetoresistance has a universal behavior versus scaled conductance in atomic or nanometer size contacts. New results are presented for half-metallic ferromagnets forming contacts of CrO2-CrO2 and CrO2-Ni that show as much as 400% magnetoresistance. If the maximum magnetoresistance is normalized to unity and the conductance is scaled with the conductivity, then all data points fall in a universal curve independent of the material forming the contact and the conductance mechanism. The analysis has been applied to all available magnetoresistance data in atomic contacts in the literature, and the results are in agreement with a theory that takes into account the scattering with magnetic domain wall for reversal of the spin between the electrodes.Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
89
Issue
No. 28
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
ballistic magnetoresistance, chromium dioxide, nickel iron oxide
Citation
Created November 30, 2002, Updated October 12, 2021