Theoretical study on the Co layer thickness dependence of the magnetic anisotropy of Pd/Co multilayers

Solid State Communications

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 327-332

  Kyuno, K ^a   Ha, J G ^a   Yamamoto, R ^a   Asano, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; First principles calculation; LMTO; Magnetic anisotropy; Metallic multilayers

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; COBALT; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; METALLIC FILMS; PALLADIUM;

COBALT LAYER THICKNESS DEPENDENCE; LINEAR MUFFIN TIN ORBITAL METHOD; LOCAL SPIN DENSITY APPROXIMATION; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY ENERGIES; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; SPIN ORBIT COUPLING;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 0030129836     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-1098(96)00048-8     Document Type: Article

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