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Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics) Phys. Rev. B 66, 132406 (2002) (4 pages)

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Spontaneous spin-density-wave order in Cr superlattices

Kunitomo Hirai

Department of Physics, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8521, Japan

(Received 31 May 2002; published 8 October 2002)

Spin-density-wave order in Cr superlattices with a relatively thick Cr layer is discussed on the basis of a first-principles electronic structure calculation for those with a boundary layer of ferromagnetic Fe or nonmagnetic V. The spin-denisty-wave order undergoes large influence of proximity effects of the boundary layer, around the interface between the Cr and boundary layers. When a Cr layer is sufficiently thick, however, the spin-density-wave order grows spontaneously and becomes similar to that in bulk Cr, in the vicinity of the middle of the Cr layer. ©2002 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v66/e132406
doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.66.132406
PACS: 75.70.Cn, 75.30.Fv, 75.50.Ee        Additional Information

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