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Article number | 172404 |
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 2003 |
<mark>Journal</mark> | Physical Review B: Condensed Matter |
Issue number | 17 |
Volume | 68 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | - |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
Magnon-assisted transport across a tunnel junction between a ferromagnet and a normal (nonmagnetic) metal is studied theoretically. A finite temperature difference across the junction produces a nonequilibrium magnetization that drives a charge current, mediated by electrons via electron-magnon interactions, from the ferromagnet into the normal metal. The corresponding thermopower coefficient is large, Ssimilar to-(k(B)/e)(k(B)T/omega(M))P-3/2(Pi(+),Pi(-),Pi(N)) where P(Pi(+),Pi(-),Pi(N)), 0less than or equal toPless than or equal to1, represents the degree of spin polarization of the current response to a bias voltage, and depends on the relative sizes of the majority Pi(+) and the minority Pi(-) band Fermi surface in the ferromagnet and in the normal metal, Pi(N).