Multiscale approach to spin transport in magnetic multilayers

作者:Borlenghi Simone*; Rychkov Valentin; Petitjean Cyril; Waintal Xavier
来源:Physical Review B, 2011, 84(3): 035412.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.035412

摘要

This paper discusses two dual approaches to spin transport in magnetic multilayers: a direct, purely quantum, approach based on a tight-binding (TB) model and a semiclassical approach [continuous random matrix theory CRMT]. The combination of both approaches provides a systematic way to perform multiscale simulations of systems that contain relevant physics at scales larger (spin accumulation, spin diffusion) and smaller (specular reflexions, tunneling) than the elastic mean free paths of the layers. We show explicitly that CRMT and TB give consistent results in their common domain of applicability.

  • 出版日期2011-7-20
  • 单位中国地震局