ON THE ORIGIN OF OSCILLATORY COUPLING IN METALLIC MULTILAYERS

被引:6
作者
BRUNO, E [1 ]
GYORFFY, BL [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MESSINA,DIPARTIMENTO FIS,I-98166 MESSINA,ITALY
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10.1016/0304-8853(93)91213-Q
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Using explicit calculations based on a simple model of metallic multilayers we demonstrate that the observed period of the oscillatory coupling between layers separated by spacers arises, naturally, from the sampling of the RKKY like interactions with a period k(F)-1 at multiples of the lattice parameter a in the spacer layer.
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