This paper presents a review of the phenomenon of interlayer exchange coupling in magnetic multilayers. The emphasis is put on a pedagogical presentation of the mechanism of the phenomenon, which has been successfully explained in terms of a spin-dependent quantum confinement effect. The theoretical predictions are discussed in connection with corresponding experimental investigations.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9907426,
title = {Theory of interlayer exchange interactions in magnetic multilayers},
author = {Patrick Bruno},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9907426},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
18 pages, 4 PS figures, LaTeX with IOP package; v2: ref. added. Further (p)reprints available from http://www.mpi-halle.de/~theory/