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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 66, Issue 22, Pages -Publisher
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.220401
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The magnetoresistance (MR) of a nickel atomic contact has been measured using the break junction technique. When the contact is only between two atoms, the change of resistance with applied field reaches 40%. It is composed of a continuous bell-shaped curve on which discrete jumps are superimposed. The MR changes sign when the applied field is rotated, which we explain by a spin-orbit coupling change of orbital overlap between the Ni atoms forming the junction. Reproducible jumps in the MR curve are attributed to a field induced change of spin configuration within the few atoms composing the contact.
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