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Oscillatory Exchange Coupling in Fe/Cr Multilayers

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Author(s)

Mark D. Stiles

Abstract

First-principles calculations of the reflection probabilities for Fermi surface electrons at Cr/Fe interfaces are used to compute the strength of the oscillatory exchange coupling in Cr/Fe multilayers. These calculations show that critical spanning vectors across the N-centered ellipsoids of the Cr Fermi surface cause the long period coupling for (001), (110), and (211) interfaces. The periods of these spanning vectors, when extracted from the experimental Fermi surface, agree with experimentally measured periods.
Citation
Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
Volume
54
Issue
20

Citation

Stiles, M. (1996), Oscillatory Exchange Coupling in Fe/Cr Multilayers, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=620470 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created January 1, 1996, Updated February 19, 2017