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Theory of oblique-field magnetoresistance from spin centers in three-terminal spintronic devices
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Theory of oblique-field magnetoresistance from spin centers in three-terminal spintronic devices

Nicholas Harmon and Michael Flatté
Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Vol.103(3), 035310
01/26/2021
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.035310

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Abstract

We present a general stochastic Liouville theory of electrical transport across a barrier between two conductors that occurs via sequential hopping through a single defect's spin-0 to spin-1/2 transition. We find magneto-conductances similar to Hanle features (pseudo-Hanle features) that originate from Pauli blocking without spin accumulation, and also predict that evolution of the defect's spin modifies the conventional Hanle response, producing an inverted Hanle signal from spin center evolution. We propose studies in oblique magnetic fields that would unambiguously determine if a magnetoconductance results from spin-center assisted transport.
Evolution Conductors Field theory Magnetoresistance Magnetoresistivity

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