Ferromagnetic ground state for Mn-Co surface ordered alloy on a Co(001) substrate

被引:17
作者
M'Passi-Mabiala, B [1 ]
Meza-Aguilar, S
Demangeat, C
机构
[1] Univ Marien NGouabi, Dept Phys, Lab Mat & energies, BP 69, Brazzaville, Rep Congo
[2] Abdus Salam Int Ctr Theoret Phys, I-34100 Trieste, Italy
[3] Univ Autonoma Sinaloa, Escuela Ciencias Fis Matemat, Culiacon Sinaloa 80010, Mexico
[4] Inst Phys & Chim Mat Strasbourg, F-63037 Strasbourg, France
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.65.012414
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Recent low-energy electron diffraction experiments concerning submonolayer Mn coverage on Co/Cu(001) substrates displayed a well-defined Mn0.5Co0.5 surface-ordered alloy. Through the magneto-optic Kerr effect and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism a ferromagnetic coupling between Mn and Co was obtained. Ab initio density functional theory within a generalized gradient approximation is able to explain these results.
引用
收藏
页码:1 / 3
页数:3
相关论文
共 23 条
[1]   EXPLICIT, 1ST-PRINCIPLES TIGHT-BINDING THEORY [J].
ANDERSEN, OK ;
JEPSEN, O .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1984, 53 (27) :2571-2574
[2]   ILLUSTRATION OF THE LINEAR-MUFFIN-TIN-ORBITAL TIGHT-BINDING REPRESENTATION - COMPACT ORBITALS AND CHARGE-DENSITY IN SI [J].
ANDERSEN, OK ;
PAWLOWSKA, Z ;
JEPSEN, O .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1986, 34 (08) :5253-5269
[3]   GENERALIZED-GRADIENT-APPROXIMATION STUDY OF THE MAGNETIC AND COHESIVE PROPERTIES OF BCC, FCC, AND HCP MN [J].
ASADA, T ;
TERAKURA, K .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1993, 47 (23) :15992-15995
[4]  
Blugel S, 1996, APPL PHYS A-MATER, V63, P595, DOI 10.1007/BF01567215
[5]   Formation of a two-dimensional c(2x2) Mn-Co(001) ferromagnetic surface alloy on Cu(001) [J].
Choi, BC ;
Bode, PJ ;
Bland, JAC .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1998, 58 (09) :5166-5168
[6]   Structure and magnetic properties of a two-dimensional c(2x2) Mn-Co/Cu(001) surface alloy [J].
Choi, BC ;
Bode, PJ ;
Bland, JAC .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1999, 85 (08) :5063-5065
[7]  
ELMOUHSSINE O, 1998, THESIS STRASBOURG FR
[8]   Ab initio density functional study of phase stability and noncollinear magnetism in Mn [J].
Hobbs, D ;
Hafner, J .
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 2001, 13 (28) :L681-L688
[9]   INHOMOGENEOUS ELECTRON-GAS [J].
RAJAGOPAL, AK ;
CALLAWAY, J .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1973, 7 (05) :1912-1919
[10]   MAGNETIC ENERGY ANOMALIES OF 3D SYSTEMS [J].
HOSHINO, T ;
ZELLER, R ;
DEDERICHS, PH ;
WEINERT, M .
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS, 1993, 24 (06) :495-500