| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 72, Number 5, December 2005
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|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 816 - 822 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2005-10309-6 | |
| Published online | 03 November 2005 | |
Magnetic anisotropy of thin 
films on 
1
Physikalische Chemie, Universität München - Butenandtstr. 5-13, D-81377 München, Germany
2
Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Universität Regensburg D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
Received:
24
May
2005
Accepted:
4
October
2005
The magnetic anisotropy of thin films on (001)-oriented GaAs
has been investigated using the fully relativistic
TB-KKR method of band structure calculation.
In line with experimental findings an in-plane anisotropy has been
found with the easy axis pointing along the [110]-direction.
The theoretical results for the anisotropy energy 
are
reproduced in a semi-quantitative way by the models of Bruno and van
der Laan, respectively, which relate to the anisotropy of
the spin-orbit–induced orbital magnetic moment.
PACS: 75.30.Gw – Magnetic anisotropy / 75.70.-i – Magnetic properties of thin films, surfaces, and interfaces / 75.70.Cn – Magnetic properties of interfaces (multilayers, superlattices, heterostructures)
© EDP Sciences, 2005
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