Effect of the Transition Sublayers at the Interfaces on Giant Magnetoresistance
XU Hui-ying1, YU Wen-xue1,2, MAI Zhen-hong1
1Institute of Physics & Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080
2Department of Material Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130023
Effect of the Transition Sublayers at the Interfaces on Giant Magnetoresistance
XU Hui-ying1;YU Wen-xue1,2;MAI Zhen-hong1
1Institute of Physics & Center for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080
2Department of Material Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130023
Abstract： A thin transition sublayer between the ferromagnetic and the nonmagnetic sublayers is introduced for describing the interface roughness and/or the interface alloying. Based on the Kubo formalism in the real spaces, the giant magnetoresistance effects for both the cases of the structures with and without the transition sublayers at the interfaces are discussed. The numerical results show that the transition sublayers induce a phase shift on the curves of magnetoresistance (MR) vs the thicknesses of the ferromagnetic and the nonmagnetic sublayers, and there exists a critical thickness dc of the ferromagnetic sublayer, the ratio of the MR values for the structures with and without the transition sublayers at the interfaces changes at the critical thickness.
XU Hui-ying;YU Wen-xue;MAI Zhen-hong. Effect of the Transition Sublayers at the Interfaces on Giant Magnetoresistance[J]. 中国物理快报, 1998, 15(8): 597-599.
XU Hui-ying, YU Wen-xue, MAI Zhen-hong. Effect of the Transition Sublayers at the Interfaces on Giant Magnetoresistance. Chin. Phys. Lett., 1998, 15(8): 597-599.
1998, Vol. 15 
