Spin current through a tunnel junction
arXiv:cond-mat/0411562 · doi:10.1016/j.spmi.2004.11.005
Abstract
We derive an expression for the spin-current through a tunnel barrier in terms of many-body Green's functions. The spin current has two contributions. One can be associated with angular-momentum transfer by spin-polarized charge currents crossing the junction. If there are magnetic moments on both sides of the tunnel junction, due to spin accumulation or ferromagnetic ordering, then there is a second contribution related to the exchange coupling between the moments.
5 pages, 1 figure, submitted to Superlattices and Microstructures
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