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Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal Interfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

S. Mirbt*
Affiliation:
Condensed Matter Theory, Physics Department, Uppsala University, Sweden presently at: Physics Department, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, [email protected]
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Abstract

The results of first-principles calculations for the interlayer coupling in Fe/Cr/Fe trilayers are presented. We find that a spin-density wave in Cr gives rise to an additional contribution to the interlayer coupling. We investigate the relationship between the spacer magnetic moment and the interlayer coupling. Moreover we calculated the effect of interface adlayers of Cu on the interlayer coupling of a Fe/Cr/Fe trilayer.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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