Exponential behavior of the interlayer exchange coupling across nonmagnetic metallic superlattices

被引：7

作者：

Ferreira, MS ^{[1
]}

Castro, JDE

Muniz, RB

Lopes, LC

机构：

[1] Univ Fed Fluminense, Inst Fis, BR-24210340 Niteroi, RJ, Brazil

[2] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Inst Fis, BR-21945970 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1998年 / 58卷 / 13期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.58.8198

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

It is shown that the coupling between magnetic layers separated by nonmagnetic metallic superlattices can decay exponentially as a function of the spacer thickness N, as opposed to the usual N-2 decay. This effect is due to the lack of constructive contributions to the coupling from extended states across the spacer. The exponential behavior is obtained by properly choosing the distinct metals and the superlattice unit cell composition.

引用

页码：8198 / 8201

页数：4

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