Spinor Boltzmann-Poisson equation and application to spin-dependent transport in magnetic multilayers

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Published 25 November 2009 Europhysics Letters Association
, , Citation Li-Zhi Zhang et al 2009 EPL 88 47003 DOI 10.1209/0295-5075/88/47003

0295-5075/88/4/47003

Abstract

In order to consider the effect of electron-electron (e-e) interactions on the quantum transport in magnetic multilayers, the spinor Boltzmann equation and Poisson equation are jointly investigated. The analytical expressions of the spinor distribution function and the self-consistent average potential associated with e-e interactions are obtained, and the dielectric function in the self-consistent average potential is naturally generalized. Then we apply these results to the system of ferromagnet/insulator/dilute-magnetic-semiconductor (FM/I/DMS) layers, and study the time and position dependences of the charge current, spin current and spin accumulation in the FM/I/DMS system.

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10.1209/0295-5075/88/47003