{
  "id": "1107.0819",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2011-07-05T09:00:35.000Z",
  "updated": "2011-07-05T09:00:35.000Z",
  "title": "Scattering theory of magnetic/superconducting junctions with spin active interfaces",
  "authors": [
    "F. Romeo",
    "R. Citro"
  ],
  "comment": "12 pages",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 84, 024531 (2011)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.84.024531",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.supr-con"
  ],
  "abstract": "We formulate a generalized scattering field theory a la Buttiker describing particles transport in magnetic/superconducting heterostructures. The proposed formalism, characterized by a four- component spinorial wavefunction of the Bogoliubov de Gennes theory, allows to describe the spin flipping phenomena induced by noncollinear magnetizations in the scattering region. As a specific application of the theory, we analyze the conductance, the magnetoresistance and the generation of spin-torque produced by an applied voltage in a spin-valve system. Quantum size effects and quantum beating patterns both in the conductance and in the spin-torque are carefully described.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2011-07-05T09:00:35.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "73.23.-b",
      "72.25.Pn",
      "75.60.Jk",
      "72.15.Qm"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "spin active interfaces",
      "scattering theory",
      "magnetic/superconducting junctions",
      "buttiker describing particles transport",
      "component spinorial wavefunction"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "year": 2011,
      "month": "Jul",
      "volume": 84,
      "number": 2,
      "pages": "024531"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 12,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2011PhRvB..84b4531R"
    }
  }
}