A First-principles Study on the Effects on Magnetism of Si Impurity in BCC Fe by Considering Spin-orbit Coupling

被引:1
作者
Rahman, Gul [1 ]
Kim, In Gee [1 ]
Chang, Sam Kyu [1 ]
机构
[1] Pohang Univ Sci & Technoloty, Grad Inst Ferrous Technol, Pohang 790784, South Korea
来源
JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN MAGNETICS SOCIETY | 2008年 / 18卷 / 06期
关键词
Si impurity; bcc Fe; first-principles calculation; magnetism; spin-orbit coupling;
D O I
10.4283/JKMS.2008.18.6.211
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
The effects of Si impurity on electronic structures and magnetism of bcc Fe are investigated by using a first-principles method by considering spin-orbit coupling. In order to describe the Si impurity, a 27 atomic bcc Fe supercell has been considered. The KohnSham equation was solved in terms of the all-electron full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FLAPW) method within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The effects of spin-orbit coupling were calculated self-consistently by considering spindiagonal terms based on second variation method. For the ferromagnetic (FM) state without considering SOC, the spin magnetic moment of the Si impurity was calculated to be -0.143 mu(B), while the magnetic moments of Fe atoms were calculated to be 2.214 mu(B), 2.327 mu(B), and 2.354 mu(B) in away from the Si atom, respectively. However, the FM state with considering SOC, the spin magnetic moment of the Si impurity was calculated to be -0.144 mu(B), which is not affected significantly by SOC, but the spin magnetic moments of Fe atoms were calculated 2.189 mu(B), 2.310 mu(B), and 2.325 mu(B), respectively, which are much reduced value compared to those of the FM state without SOC. Comparing the total charge density and spin density, those features are thought to be originated by the screening distortions of the Fe t 2g orbital, which can be obtained by considering SOC.
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