Abstract
Some recent developments of first-principles local density electronic structure theory to the determination of the properties of interfaces and multilayers are described. These include (i) both bilinear and biquadratic exchange coupling and (ii) spin-orbit coupling induced phenomena such as magneto-crystalline anisotropy, orbital magnetic moments and magnetic circular dichroism.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 225-232 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Materials Science and Engineering B |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1995 |
Funding
This work was carried out at Northwestern University supported by the US Office of Naval Research (Grant No. N00014-1-0030).
Keywords
- Biquadratic exchange
- Density functional theory
- Exchange interactions
- Multilayers
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering