ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The interface magnetocrystalline anisotropy (MCA) of Cu/Co/Cu(001) and Pd/Co/Pd(001) sandwiches are investigated, employing our recently developed state tracking approach based on the full potential linearized augmented plane wave energy band method. The strong negative MCA energy for the Co monolayer is found to be decreased for Co/Cu, and even becomes positive for Co/Pd due to the interfacial hybridization, which reduces the spin orbit coupling (SOC) between the dxz,yz − dz2 pair at M¯.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.355367
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