Electronic structure and magneto-optical effects in CeSb
- Ames Laboratory-U.S. Department of Energy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)
The electronic structure and magneto-optical spectra of CeSb have been calculated using the self-consistent local-density approximation with explicit on-site Coulomb parameters for the correlated [ital f] state of cerium. The essential electronic structure of cerium antimonide consists of one occupied [ital f] band, predominantly with orbital [ital m]=[minus]3 character and spin [sigma]=1 located 2 eV below the Fermi level and interacting with broad Sb [ital p] bands crossing [ital E][sub [ital F]]. The [ital m]-dependent [ital p]-[ital f] hybridization leads to large magnetic anisotropy and magneto-optical spectra in better agreement with experiment than obtained with the standard local-spin-density approximation.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-82
- OSTI ID:
- 5125104
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States), Vol. 49:15; ISSN 0163-1829
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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