Spin-orbit coupling induced anisotropy effects in bimetallic antiferromagnets: A route towards antiferromagnetic spintronics
- 24 June 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 81 (21), 212409
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.81.212409
Abstract
Magnetic anisotropy phenomena in bimetallic antiferromagnets and MnIr are studied by first-principles density-functional theory calculations. We find strong and lattice-parameter-dependent magnetic anisotropies of the ground-state energy, chemical potential, and density of states, and attribute these anisotropies to combined effects of large moment on the shell and large spin-orbit coupling on the shell of the noble metal. Large magnitudes of the proposed effects can open a route towards spintronics in compensated antiferromagnets without involving ferromagnetic elements.
Keywords
This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
- Bias Voltage Dependence of Tunneling Anisotropic Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with MgO andTunnel BarriersPhysical Review Letters, 2007
- The emergence of spin electronics in data storageNature Materials, 2007
- Ab initiogiant magnetoresistance and current-induced torques inmultilayersPhysical Review B, 2007
- Inelastic scattering in ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic spin valvesPhysical Review B, 2007
- Theory of spin torques and giant magnetoresistance in antiferromagnetic metalsPhysical Review B, 2006
- Prospect for room temperature tunneling anisotropic magnetoresistance effect: Density of states anisotropies insystemsPhysical Review B, 2006
- Tunnel magnetoresistance in GaMnAs: Going beyond Jullière formulaApplied Physics Letters, 2004
- Tunneling Anisotropic Magnetoresistance: A Spin-Valve-Like Tunnel Magnetoresistance Using a Single Magnetic LayerPhysical Review Letters, 2004
- Enhanced magnetoresistance in layered magnetic structures with antiferromagnetic interlayer exchangePhysical Review B, 1989
- Giant Magnetoresistance of (001)Fe/(001)Cr Magnetic SuperlatticesPhysical Review Letters, 1988