TY - JOUR
T1 - Interface resistance of disordered magnetic multilayers
AU - Xia, K.
AU - Kelly, P. J.
AU - Bauer, G. E.W.
AU - Turek, I.
AU - Kudrnovský, J.
AU - Drchal, V.
PY - 2001/1/19
Y1 - 2001/1/19
N2 - We study the effect of interface disorder on the spin-dependent interface resistances of Co/Cu, Fe/Cr, and Au/Ag multilayers using a newly developed method for calculating transmission matrices from first-principles. The efficient implementation using tight-binding linear-muffin-tin orbitals allows us to model interface disorder using large lateral supercells whereby specular and diffuse scattering are treated on an equal footing. Without introducing any free parameters, quantitative agreement with experiment is obtained. We predict that disorder reduces the majority-spin interface resistance of Fe/Cr(100) multilayers by a factor 3.
AB - We study the effect of interface disorder on the spin-dependent interface resistances of Co/Cu, Fe/Cr, and Au/Ag multilayers using a newly developed method for calculating transmission matrices from first-principles. The efficient implementation using tight-binding linear-muffin-tin orbitals allows us to model interface disorder using large lateral supercells whereby specular and diffuse scattering are treated on an equal footing. Without introducing any free parameters, quantitative agreement with experiment is obtained. We predict that disorder reduces the majority-spin interface resistance of Fe/Cr(100) multilayers by a factor 3.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.064407
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.064407
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035109245
VL - 63
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
SN - 0163-1829
IS - 6
ER -