Effect of interfacial coupling on the magnetic ordering in ferro-antiferromagnetic bilayers
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
Monte Carlo simulations have been used to study magnetic ordering in coupled anisotropic ferro/antiferromagnetic (FM/AFM) films of classical Heisenberg spins. We consider films with flat interfaces that are fully uncompensated as well as rough interfaces that are compensated on average. For both types of interfaces above the ``N\'eel temperature'' we observed order in the AFM with the AFM spins aligning collinearly with the FM moments. In the case of rough interfaces there is a transition from collinear to perpendicular alignment of the FM and AFM spins at a lower temperature.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0301529,
title = {Effect of interfacial coupling on the magnetic ordering in ferro-antiferromagnetic bilayers},
author = {Shan-Ho Tsai and D. P. Landau and Thomas C. Schulthess},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0301529},
year = {2009}
}
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Revtex, 4 pages, 4 figures