TMR effect in a FM-QD-FM system
Using the Keldysh nonequilibrium technique, we study current and the tunnelling magnetoresistance (TMR) in a quantum dot coupled to two ferromagnetic leads (FM-dot-FM). The current is calculated for both parallel and antiparallel lead alignments. Coulomb interaction and spin-flip scattering are taken into account within the quantum dot. Interestingly, we find that these interactions play a contrasting role in the TMR: there is a parameter range where spin flip suppresses the TMR, while Coulomb correlations enhance it, due to Coulomb blockade.
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Física
2004
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-97332004000400007 |
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