2021
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.077203
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Giant Magnetoresistance in Boundary-Driven Spin Chains

Abstract: In solid state physics, giant magnetoresistance is the large change in electrical resistance due to an external magnetic field. Here we show that giant magnetoresistance is possible in a spin chain composed of weakly interacting layers of strongly coupled spins. This is found for all system sizes even down to a minimal system of four spins. The mechanism driving the effect is a mismatch in the energy spectrum resulting in spin excitations being reflected at the boundaries between layers. This mismatch, and thu… Show more

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“…Magnetic materials exhibit many new physical phenomena, such as magnetostriction (MS), [1] magnetocaloric effect (MCE), [2] giant magnetoresistance (GMR), [3] and giant magneto-impedance (GMI), which have rarely been studied. [4] Soft magnetic materials have been widely used due to their high saturation magnetization, low coercivity, and high permeability.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Magnetic materials exhibit many new physical phenomena, such as magnetostriction (MS), [1] magnetocaloric effect (MCE), [2] giant magnetoresistance (GMR), [3] and giant magneto-impedance (GMI), which have rarely been studied. [4] Soft magnetic materials have been widely used due to their high saturation magnetization, low coercivity, and high permeability.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the present work, we are interested in the giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect [ 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 51 ], which was undoubtedly one of the groundbreaking works in the late 80s. The Nobel winning work [ 6 , 9 , 23 , 26 , 29 ] in the year 2007 by Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg has enriched the area of spintronics along with immense technological progress such as magnetic recording, storage and sensor industries, and many more [ 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A particularly useful device for controlling heat is the heat rectifier: a device that exhibits asymmetric transport of heat similar to the diode in electronics. Within the framework of boundary driven quantum systems, a quantum system is coupled to two heat baths at the extremities [11][12][13]. The diode properties of the quantum system can then be studied by calculating the heat transport for both configurations of the baths.…”
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