Electric field dependence of the giant magnetic anisotropy of Ru monolayer on MgO(001) substrate
Author(s) -
Yukie Kitaoka,
Hiroshi Imamura
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
aip advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 2158-3226
DOI - 10.1063/1.4980054
Subject(s) - monolayer , substrate (aquarium) , electric field , condensed matter physics , anisotropy , materials science , spin–orbit interaction , magnetic anisotropy , fermi level , magnetic field , magnetization , nanotechnology , physics , optics , electron , oceanography , quantum mechanics , geology
Magneticanisotropy energy (MAE) of a Ru monolayer on MgO(001) substrateunder the application of an electric field is investigated by using first-principles calculations.Owing to the large spin orbit coupling in Ru atoms, both MAE and its rate of changeagainst electricfield are about 3 times as large as those of an Fe monolayer on MgO(001)substrate. The change rate of MAE of Ru/MgO has an opposite sign to that of Fe/MgO, whichoriginates from the modification of the band structure near the Fermi energy aroundΓ¯point caused by the application of an electric field
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