Magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy of a transition metal monolayer: a non-perturbative theory

The magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy Eanis for a monolayer of Fe and Ni is determined using a fully convergent tight-binding calculation including s-d hybridization. The spin-orbit interaction λso is treated non-perturbatively. Remarkably, we find Eanis ∝ λso2 and important contributions to Eani...

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Hauptverfasser: Moos, Thorsten (VerfasserIn) , Hübner, Wolfgang (VerfasserIn) , Bennemann, Karl-Heinz (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 1996
In: Solid state communications
Year: 1996, Jahrgang: 98, Heft: 7, Pages: 639-643
ISSN:0038-1098
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Verfasserangaben:T.H Moos, W. Hübner and K.H Bennemann
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Zusammenfassung:The magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy Eanis for a monolayer of Fe and Ni is determined using a fully convergent tight-binding calculation including s-d hybridization. The spin-orbit interaction λso is treated non-perturbatively. Remarkably, we find Eanis ∝ λso2 and important contributions to Eanis due to the lifting of degeneracies near the Fermilevel. This is supported by the calculated decrease of the anisotropy energy with increasing temperature on a scale of several hundred K. Our results clarify the present debate on the origin of Eanis.
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ISSN:0038-1098