Journal Article

PreJuSER-22949

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Ab initio investigations of magnetic properties of FeCo monolayer alloy films on Rh(001)

Blizak, S.FZJ* ; Bihlmayer, G.FZJ* ; Blügel, S.FZJ*

2012
APS College Park, Md.

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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/10840  doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.86.094436

Abstract: The objective of this work is to employ spin-polarized density functional theory (sDFT) calculations for the exploration of ultrathin magnetic films with large magnetic moments and a strong perpendicular anisotropy. Monolayer films of Fe1-xCox (with x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1) on Rh(001) were addressed to study their magnetic properties using the all-electron full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FLAPW) method in film geometry. We studied the magnetic order of these films including structural relaxations of the topmost layers. Fe1-xCox monolayer films were found to be ferromagnetic (FM) in a broad range of Co content x with a maximum magnetic moment of 2.8 mu(B) and of an out-of-plane magneto-crystalline anisotropy of 0.25 meV per magnetic atom at x = 0.5. The sDFT results were mapped onto a classical Heisenberg model, demonstrating FM Fe-Co and Co-Co couplings, while the Fe-Fe interaction is antiferromagnetic on Rh(001). The ordering temperature of the FeCo film was estimated to be well above room temperature (482 K).

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Note: Helpful discussions with D. Wortmann are gratefully acknowledged. Furthermore, S. Blizak acknowledges financial support from the Algerian ministry of higher education and scientific research.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Quanten-Theorie der Materialien (PGI-1)
2. Quanten-Theorie der Materialien (IAS-1)
3. Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance - Fundamentals of Future Information Technology (JARA-FIT)
4. Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance - Simulation Sciences (JARA-SIM)

Research Program(s):

1. Grundlagen für zukünftige Informationstechnologien (P42)

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