Magnetocrystalline anisotropy and orbital moments in transition-metal compounds

G. H.O. Daalderop; P. J. Kelly; M. F.H. Schuurmans

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.44.12054

Magnetocrystalline anisotropy and orbital moments in transition-metal compounds

G. H.O. Daalderop^*, P. J. Kelly, M. F.H. Schuurmans

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Abstract

The magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy and anisotropy of the orbital angular momentum have been calculated from first prinicples for Co and for a variety of intermetallic compounds including YCo5. For all compounds the predicted easy axes are in agreement with experiment. A strong correlation between the anisotropy of the orbital angular momentum and the energy is found for the compounds that do not contain Pt. For those that do contain Pt, Pt is shown to contribute significantly to the anisotropy energy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12054-12057
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review B
Volume	44
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.44.12054
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1991
Externally published	Yes

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