WEAK LOCALIZATION IN AMORPHOUS-ALLOYS IN THE PRESENCE OF MAGNETIC-IMPURITIES - ENHANCEMENT OF THE SPIN-SPLITTING CONTRIBUTION

被引:5
作者
AMARAL, VS
BARBARA, B
SOUSA, JB
FILIPPI, J
JANSEN, AGM
MOREIRA, JM
机构
[1] LAB MAGNETISME LOUIS NEEL, CNRS, F-38042 GRENOBLE, FRANCE
[2] MAX PLANCK INST HOCHFELD MAGNET LABOR, F-38042 GRENOBLE, FRANCE
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1993年 / 21卷 / 01期
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10.1209/0295-5075/21/1/011
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The effect of magnetic impurities on weak localization in amorphous metals is investigated with magnetoresistance in the series (DyxY1-x)Ni up to x = 0.12. In these samples we find that the weak-localization contribution to magnetoresistance is increased with respect to the nonmagnetic sample, YNi, due to an enhancement of the Zeeman spin splitting of the conduction bands by the exchange interaction with the magnetic ions. Over the whole series, the spin-splitting dependence on temperature and composition scales with the paramagnetic susceptibility of the samples. This shows its direct relation with the magnetic-exchange interaction of conduction electrons with Dy moments, which polarize the conduction band.
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