Spin-orbit scattering effect on the oscillatory T-c of superconductive/magnetic multilayers - art. no. 052501

The Usadel equations including spin-orbit scattering terms were solved nume rically for superconductive/ magnetic multilayers. The results indicate the well known oscillatory behavior of T-c is reduced by the spinorbit scatter ing and strongly depends on the material properties of the multilayer. Henc e for understanding the various experimental results, the coupled effects o f the exchange interaction and spin-orbit scattering must be considered.