The giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect is a very basic phenomenon that occurs in
magnetic materials ranging from nanoparticles over multilayered thin films to permanent …

One hundred and one years after JJ Thomson was awarded the Nobel Prize for the
discovery of the electron, the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to Professors Peter …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the physics of giant magneto resistance (GMR).
The chapter emphasizes the role of the spin-polarized electronic band structure that is …

The theoretical and experimental studies of the giant magnetoresistance effect in metallic
magnetic multilayers with measuring current perpendicular to the interface planes are …

We examine the quantum and semiclassical approaches to the calculation of the electrical
conductivity using a model of free electrons with a finite lifetime. We evaluate the Kubo …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in magnetic
multilayers. Magnetoresistance (MR) is the change in electric resistance of a conductor by a …

Giant magnetoresistance has been observed in both magnetic multilayers and magnetic
granular solids. We develop a framework for unifying these particular realizations of …

This paper presents a critical review of theoretical studies of spin-dependent conductivity in
GMR (giant magnetoresistive) materials. Earlier studies used relatively simple models of the …

Spintronics, at the interface between magnetism and electronics, includes a broad class of
phenomena based on the influence of the spin on the electronic transport in ferromagnetic …

We develop a theoretical model for computing the spin-dependent transport properties of
magnetic multilayers in the presence of ballistic scattering at the interfaces and diffusive …