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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 1/12/1999 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Physical review B |
Issue number | 22 |
Volume | 60 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 15394-15397 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
We analyze the change in the resistance of a junction between a diffusive ferromagnetic (F) wire and normal-metal electrode, due to the onset of superconductivity (S) in the latter and a double Andreev scattering process leading to a complete internal reflection of a large fraction of the spin-polarized electrons back into the ferromagnet. The superconducting transition results in an additional contact resistance arising from the necessity to match the spin-polarized current in F wire to the spinless current in S reservoir, which is comparable to the resistance of a piece of a F wire with the length equal to the spin-relaxation length. [S0163-1829(99)03342-1].