Band-filling effect on magnetic anisotropy using a Green's function method
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- King's College London, London (United Kingdom)
We use an analytical model to describe the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy (MAE) in solids as a function of band filling. The MAE is evaluated in second-order perturbation theory, which makes it possible to decompose the MAE into a sum of transitions between occupied and unoccupied pairs. The model enables us to characterize the MAE as a sum of contributions from different, often competing terms. The nitridometalates Li2[(Li1–xTx)N], with T= Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, provide a system where the model is very effective because atomiclike orbital characters are preserved and the decomposition is fairly clean. The model results are also compared against MAE evaluated directly from first-principles calculations for this system. Good qualitative agreement is found.
- Research Organization:
- Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358
- OSTI ID:
- 1221928
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1203814
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-8769; PRBMDO
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 92, Issue 1; ISSN 1098-0121
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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