TY - JOUR
T1 - First-principles calculation of the magnetic anisotropy energies of iron-based metallic multilayers
AU - Kyuno, Kentaro
AU - Yamamoto, Ryoichi
AU - Asano, Setsuro
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PY - 1993/1
Y1 - 1993/1
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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U2 - 10.1088/0965-0393/1/2/002
DO - 10.1088/0965-0393/1/2/002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:36149032350
SN - 0965-0393
VL - 1
SP - 133
EP - 142
JO - Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
JF - Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
IS - 2
ER -