Theory of Spin Transport Across Domain-Walls in (Ga,Mn)As

Abstract

We present results of numerical calculations of domain-wall resistance in the ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As. We employ Landauer-Buttiker formalism and the tight binding method. Taking into account the full valence band structure we predict the magnitude of the domain-wall resistance without disorder and compare it to experimental values. Next we add disorder to the model and study numerically both small and large disorder regime.