Magnetic anisotropy in low-dimensional ferromagnetic systems: Fe monolayers on Ag(001), Au(001), and Pd(001) substrates
- 15 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 42 (9) , 5433-5442
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.42.5433
Abstract
A second-variation full-potential linear augmented-plane-wave total-energy method for thin-film ferromagnetic systems is used to study the spin-orbit-interaction contribution to the magnetic anisotropy. For a free-standing Fe monolayer, the spin magnetization is determined to lie in the plane. Results for Fe monolayers on Au(001), Ag(001), and Pd(001) substrates indicate a preference for the spin direction to be perpendicular to the plane of the film. Computational details for this magnetic anisotropy are also discussed.Keywords
This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
- Magnetic Phase Transition in Two-Dimensional Ultrathin Fe Films on Au(100)Physical Review Letters, 1989
- Magnetic properties of epitaxial bcc iron films on Ag(001) investigated by spin-polarized photoemissionJournal of Applied Physics, 1988
- Perpendicular anisotropy at the (001) surface of bulk Fe single crystalsJournal of Applied Physics, 1988
- Direct Evidence for Perpendicular Spin Orientations and Enhanced Hyperfine Fields in Ultrathin Fe(100) Films on Ag(100)Physical Review Letters, 1987
- Magnetism of Epitaxial bcc Iron on Ag(001) Observed by Spin-Polarized PhotoemissionPhysical Review Letters, 1987
- Ferromagnetic-resonance study of ultrathin bcc Fe(100) films grown epitaxially on fcc Ag(100) substratesPhysical Review Letters, 1987
- Magnetic properties of novel epitaxial films (invited)Journal of Applied Physics, 1987
- Spin-polarized photoemission study of epitaxial Fe(001) films on Ag(001)Physical Review Letters, 1986
- Magnetic hysteresis of epitaxially-deposited iron in the monolayer range: A Kerr effect experiment in surface magnetismJournal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 1986
- Surface magnetism of Fe(001)Physical Review B, 1983