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Monte Carlo simulations of ordering in ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic bilayers

Condensed Matter 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

Monte Carlo simulations have been used to study phase transitions on coupled anisotropic ferro/antiferromagnetic (FM/AFM) films of classical Heisenberg spins. We consider films of different thicknesses, with fully compensated exchange across the FM/AFM interface. We find indications of a phase transition on each film, occuring at different temperatures. It appears that both transition temperatures depend on the film thickness.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0301528,
  title  = {Monte Carlo simulations of ordering in ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic bilayers},
  author = {Shan-Ho Tsai and D. P. Landau and Thomas C. Schulthess},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0301528},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Revtex, 4 pages, 4 figures