[en] FeRh and its first-order phase transition can open new routes for magnetic hybrid materials and devices under
the assumption that it can be exploited in ultra-thin-film structures. Motivated by experimental measurements showing an unexpected increase in the phase transition temperature with decreasing thickness of FeRh on top of MgO, we develop a computational model to investigate strain effects of FeRh in such magnetic structures. Our theoretical results show that the presence of theMgO interface results in a strain that changes the magnetic configuration which drives the anomalous behavior.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Ostler, Thomas ; Université de Liège > Département de physique > Physique des matériaux et nanostructures
Craig, Barton
Thomas, Thomson
Gino, Hrkac
Language :
English
Title :
Modeling the thickness dependence of the magnetic phase transition temperature in thin FeRh film
Publication date :
16 February 2017
Journal title :
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter
ISSN :
0163-1829
eISSN :
1095-3795
Publisher :
American Institute of Physics, New York, United States - New York
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