Abstract
The magnetocrystalline anisotropy energies of X/Fe (X=Pd,Pt,Au,Ag) multilayers have been calculated from first principles within the local-spin-density approximation using the linear muffin-tin orbital (LMTO) method, including spin-orbit coupling. Although the calculated magnetostatic energies favour in-plane magnetization directions, the easy axes of Pd(2ML)/Fe(1ML), Au(2ML)/Fe(1ML) and Ag(2ML)/Fe(1ML) (ML: monolayer) multilayers are perpendicular to the film plane, because of the large electronic contribution to the perpendicular anisotropy. The calculated anisotropy energies of Pd/Fe multilayers decrease with increasing Fe layer thickness, which is in good agreement with experiment.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 002 |
| Pages (from-to) | 133-142 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1993 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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First-principles calculation of the magnetic anisotropy energies of iron-based metallic multilayers. / Kyuno, Kentaro; Yamamoto, R.; Asano, S.
In: Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 2, 002, 1993, p. 133-142.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - First-principles calculation of the magnetic anisotropy energies of iron-based metallic multilayers
AU - Kyuno, Kentaro
AU - Yamamoto, R.
AU - Asano, S.
PY - 1993
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N2 - The magnetocrystalline anisotropy energies of X/Fe (X=Pd,Pt,Au,Ag) multilayers have been calculated from first principles within the local-spin-density approximation using the linear muffin-tin orbital (LMTO) method, including spin-orbit coupling. Although the calculated magnetostatic energies favour in-plane magnetization directions, the easy axes of Pd(2ML)/Fe(1ML), Au(2ML)/Fe(1ML) and Ag(2ML)/Fe(1ML) (ML: monolayer) multilayers are perpendicular to the film plane, because of the large electronic contribution to the perpendicular anisotropy. The calculated anisotropy energies of Pd/Fe multilayers decrease with increasing Fe layer thickness, which is in good agreement with experiment.
AB - The magnetocrystalline anisotropy energies of X/Fe (X=Pd,Pt,Au,Ag) multilayers have been calculated from first principles within the local-spin-density approximation using the linear muffin-tin orbital (LMTO) method, including spin-orbit coupling. Although the calculated magnetostatic energies favour in-plane magnetization directions, the easy axes of Pd(2ML)/Fe(1ML), Au(2ML)/Fe(1ML) and Ag(2ML)/Fe(1ML) (ML: monolayer) multilayers are perpendicular to the film plane, because of the large electronic contribution to the perpendicular anisotropy. The calculated anisotropy energies of Pd/Fe multilayers decrease with increasing Fe layer thickness, which is in good agreement with experiment.
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