Effects of Cu coverage on the magnetic anisotropy of Co/Cu(001)

被引：10

作者：

Gavrilenko, VI ^{[1
]}

Wu, RQ ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Calif State Univ Northridge, Dept Phys & Astron, Northridge, CA 91330 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1999年 / 60卷 / 13期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.60.9539

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Using the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave method, the magnetocrystalline anisotropy (MCA) energies of the Co/Cu(001), Cu/Co/Cu(001), and 2Cu/Co/Cu(001) systems are investigated. With the generalized gradient approximation for the exchange-correlation energy/potential, the optimized atomic structures are remarkably improved from those obtained with the local-density approximation. The negative uniaxial MCA energy of Co/Cu(001) (-0.61 meV per Co adatom) changes to positive for Cu/Co/Cu(001) (0.54 meV per Co adatom) and for 2Cu/Co/Cu(001) (0.21 meV per Co adatom). This indicates that the Cu overlayers turn the magnetization of Co from the in-plane direction to the perpendicular axis, a conclusion which agrees with experiments. By contrast, the in-plane coefficient of MCA energy appears to be quite stable in these systems. [S0163-1829(99)03737-6].

引用

页码：9539 / 9544

页数：6

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