Elsevier, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, (226-230), p. 747-749, 2001
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-8853(01)00004-x
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We solve the diffusion equation in the normal metal of ferromagnet–normal metal–ferromagnet (F–N–F) systems with non-collinear magnetizations. It is shown that the total conductance of the system in the presence of a magnetic field can be asymmetric with respect to time reversal. This asymmetry is associated with precession processes described by the imaginary part of the recently introduced mixing conductance.