{ "id": "1310.3354", "version": "v2", "published": "2013-10-12T09:46:54.000Z", "updated": "2013-12-14T10:36:57.000Z", "title": "Spin diffusion and magnetoresistance in ferromagnet/topological-insulator junctions", "authors": [ "Takehito Yokoyama", "Yaroslav Tserkovnyak" ], "comment": "7 pages, 1 figure", "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 89, 035408 (2014)", "categories": [ "cond-mat.mes-hall" ], "abstract": "We study spin and charge diffusion in metallic-ferromagnet/topological-insulator junctions. The coupled diffusion equations are derived perturbatively with respect to the strength of the interlayer tunneling. We calculate spin accumulation in the ferromagnet and junction magnetoresistance associated with a current bias along the interface.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "2013-12-14T10:36:57.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "73.20.-r", "75.50.Xx", "75.70.Cn" ], "keywords": [ "spin diffusion", "study spin", "charge diffusion", "metallic-ferromagnet/topological-insulator junctions", "spin accumulation" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "APS", "journal": "Physical Review B", "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.89.035408", "year": 2014, "month": "Jan", "volume": 89, "number": 3, "pages": "035408" }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 7, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 1260620, "adsabs": "2014PhRvB..89c5408Y" } } }