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Ballistic versus diffusive magnetoresistance of a magnetic point contact

L. R. Tagirov, B. P. Vodopyanov, K. B. Efetov

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/0207648

Abstract

The quasiclassical theory of a nanosize point contacts (PC) between two ferromagnets is developed. The maximum available magnetoresistance values in PC are calculated for ballistic versus diffusive transport through the area of a contact. In the ballistic regime the magnetoresistance in excess of few hundreds percents is obtained for the iron-group ferromagnets. The necessary conditions for realization of so large magnetoresistance in PC, and the experimental results by Garcia et al are discussed

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