Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9834290 | Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We report a first-principles investigation of the anomalous magnetic anisotropy of quasi-one-dimensional ferromagnetic Fe and Co chains decorating the Pt(1Â 1Â 1) step edge. Our calculations for both Fe and Co wires show that the easy magnetization is always confined in the plane perpendicular to the wire. The symmetry breaking at the step leads to an easy magnetization axis of the Co wire at an odd angle of â¼20â towards the Pt step, in agreement with the experiment. This canting becomes more pronounced for the Fe wire, for which we obtain an easy axis at 30â towards the Pt step. Also, the Fe and Co spin and orbital moments become noncollinear, even in the case of a collinear ferromagnetic spin arrangement.
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Authors
Alexander B. Shick, FrantisËek Máca, Peter M. Oppeneer,