1ST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION OF THE ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE AND MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPY OF CO-BASED METALLIC MULTILAYERS

Authors
KYUNO K YAMAMOTO R ASANO S
Citation
K. Kyuno et al., 1ST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION OF THE ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE AND MAGNETIC-ANISOTROPY OF CO-BASED METALLIC MULTILAYERS, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 126(1-3), 1993, pp. 268-271
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048853
Volume
126
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
268 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8853(1993)126:1-3<268:1COTEA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The magnetocrystalline anisotropy energies of X/Co (X = Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag , Au) multilayers have been calculated using the linear muffin-tin orb itals method. The easy axes of Pd/Co, Pt/Co and Au/Co are perpendicula r to the film planes, which are in good agreement with experiments.