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The Role of Spin-Dependent Interface Scattering in Generating Current-Induced Torques in Magnetic Multilayers

Xavier Waintal, Edward B. Myers, Piet W. Brouwer, D. C. Ralph

cond-mat.mes-hallarXiv:cond-mat/0005251

Abstract

We present a calculation of current-induced torques in metallic magnetic multilayers derived from the spin-dependent transmission and reflection properties of the magnetic layers. A scattering formalism is employed to calculate the torques in a magnetic-nonmagnetic-magnetic trilayer, for currents perpendicular to the layers, in both the ballistic and diffusive regimes.

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