Department of Physics and Astronomy: Publications and Other Research
Evgeny Tsymbal Publications
ORCID IDs
Tsymbal http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6728-5497
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
1-2000
Citation
Physical Review B (2000) 61: 506-510
Abstract
We show that quantum-well states enhance the current-perpendicular-to-planes resistivity of a metal film compared to the resistivity in the bulk at film thicknesses comparable with the mean free path due to the reduced number of conducting channels within the potential-well structure. This makes the mean free path an important parameter, which must be taken into account for the accurate treatment of results on currentperpendicular- to-plane giant magnetoresistance, rather than ignored by applying the two-current series-resistor model.
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