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Probing Spin-Glass Configurations with Mesoscopic Conductance Fluctuations

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Science and Technology of Mesoscopic Structures

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The natural sensitivity of the conductance of mesoscopic-sized samples to the specific scattering potential has been theoretically proposed as a method to explore the complex frozen magnetic order in systems such as spin-glasses. Recent magneto-transport measurements on 1000 ppm CuMn films and wires demonstrate phase coherent electron propagation over 0.4-µm distances. Exploiting the broken time-reversal symmetry of the spin-glass state, a unique magneto-fingerprint of the specific frozen spin-configuration is extracted from a pair of resistance measurements. This technique is then applied to study how the spin configuration changes along different paths in the H — T plane, reaching some surprising conclusions not obtainable by other experimental means.

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  1. AT & T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, 07974, USA

    Ted A. Fulton

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  1. Paul G. N. de Vegvar
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  1. 536 Aba-machi, 851-01, Nagasaki, Japan

    Susumu Namba (Professor Emeritus of Osaka University, Professor of Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science) (Professor Emeritus of Osaka University, Professor of Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science)

  2. Department of Electronic Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-1, Suita City, Osaka, 565, Japan

    Chihiro Hamaguchi (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106, Japan

    Tsuneya Ando (Professor) (Professor)

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de Vegvar, P.G.N., Lévy, L.P., Fulton, T.A. (1992). Probing Spin-Glass Configurations with Mesoscopic Conductance Fluctuations. In: Namba, S., Hamaguchi, C., Ando, T. (eds) Science and Technology of Mesoscopic Structures. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-66922-7_3

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