Interplay between Spin-Density Wave and Proximity Magnetic Layers
- 17 February 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 78 (7) , 1351-1354
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.78.1351
Abstract
A spin-density wave (SDW) is shown to mediate a strongly temperature-dependent magnetic coupling between magnetic proximity layers. For parallel or antiparallel moments in the proximity layers, the order parameters of the SDW oscillate as a function of the spacer thickness with a two monolayer period. The SDW phase transition between incommensurate and commensurate phases can be controlled by flipping the magnetization of one of the proximity layers.Keywords
This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
- Calculated oscillation periods of the interlayer coupling in Fe/Cr/Fe and Fe/Mo/Fe sandwichesPhysical Review B, 1996
- Overview of interlayer exchange theoryJournal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 1995
- Spin Density Wave Instability for Chromium in FeCr(100) MultilayersPhysical Review Letters, 1995
- Spin-density-wave antiferromagnetism in chromium alloysReviews of Modern Physics, 1994
- Simplified first principles approach to exchange coupling in magnetic multilayersPhysical Review Letters, 1993
- Free energy and phase diagram of chromium alloysPhysical Review B, 1993
- Magnetism in Cr thin films on Fe(100)Physical Review Letters, 1992
- Spin-density-wave antiferromagnetism in chromiumReviews of Modern Physics, 1988
- Band structure, Fermi surface, Compton profile, and optical conductivity of paramagnetic chromiumPhysical Review B, 1981
- Itinerant AntiferromagnetismPhysical Review B, 1966