Helical spin-density waves in Fe/Cr trilayers with perfect interfaces
- Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6032 (United States)
Despite the presence of only collinear, commensurate (C) and incommensurate (I) spin-density waves (SDWs) in bulk Cr, the interfacial steps in Fe/Cr multilayers are now believed to stabilize a helical (H) SDW within the Cr spacer. Yet HSDWs were first predicted in an Fe/Cr trilayer with perfect interfaces when the orientation of the Fe moments does not favor C ordering: if the number of Cr monolayers is even (odd) and the Fe moments are pointing in the same (opposite) direction, then a CSDW does not gain any coupling energy. Under these circumstances, a simple model verifies that H ordering is indeed favored over I ordering provided that the Fermi surface mismatch is sufficiently small or the temperature sufficiently high. {copyright} {ital 1999 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 336644
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 85; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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