Spin-Mixing Conductances of Ni-Based Films Attached to Cu(100) Leads
I. Turek
Institute of Physics of Materials, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Žižkova 22, 61662 Brno, Czech Republic
and K. Carva
Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and PhysicsDepartment of Condensed Matter Physic Ke Karlovu 5, 12116 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Received: 9 07 2007;
The complex spin-mixing conductance of epitaxial Cu/Ni/Cu(100) systems is predicted to oscillate as a function of Ni thickness. The oscillation period is explained in terms of spin-resolved Fermi surface properties of bulk nickel. Stability of the oscillations with respect to interface Cu-Ni interdiffusion and to alloying in the Ni film is investigated as well.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.113.11
PACS numbers: 72.25.Pn, 75.70.-i