Transport Relaxation Time of Spin-Polarized Electrons

• Authors: A. Paja , B. Spisak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We study the mechanism of spin relaxation in 3D disordered metallic systems due to the spin-orbit scattering on charged impurities. The transport relaxation time for spin-polarized conduction electrons is calculated analytically in the presented model, where the screened Coulomb potential is used for the description of impurities.

Keywords

EN

72.10.-d; 72.10.Fk; 72.15.Lh; 72.25.Ba; 72.25.Rb

Discipline

• 72.25.Ba: Spin polarized transport in metals
• 72.25.Rb: Spin relaxation and scattering
• 72.15.Lh: Relaxation times and mean free paths
• 72.10.Fk: Scattering by point defects, dislocations, surfaces, and other imperfections (including Kondo effect)
• 72.10.-d: Theory of electronic transport; scattering mechanisms

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 106
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 69-76

Dates

published

2004-07

received

2003-12-01

revised

2004-05-17

Contributors

author

A. Paja

• Faculty of Physics and Nuclear Techniques, AGH-University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

author

B. Spisak

• Faculty of Physics and Nuclear Techniques, AGH-University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.106.69