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Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 2728–2731 (1986)

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Spin Anisotropy of Ferromagnetic Films

J. G. Gay and Roy Richter

Physics Department, General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Michigan 48090

We calculate the spin anisotropy of ferromagnetic monolayers of Fe, Ni, and V. We find that the easy direction of magnetization is perpendicular to the plane of the monolayer for Fe and V, but in the plane for Ni. The result for Fe explains why spin splitting but no spin polarization is observed in recent photoemission experiments on Fe overlayers.

©1986 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v56/p2728
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.2728
PACS: 75.50.Bb, 73.60.Dt

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