Modeling the thickness dependence of the magnetic phase transition temperature in thin FeRh films

OSTLER, Thomas, BARTON, Craig, THOMSON, Thomas and HRKAC, Gino (2017). Modeling the thickness dependence of the magnetic phase transition temperature in thin FeRh films. Physical Review B, 95 (6), 064415.

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Abstract

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 the MgO interface results in a strain that changes the magnetic configuration which drives the anomalous behavior.

Item Type: Article
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Engineering and Mathematics
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.064415
Page Range: 064415
Depositing User: Thomas Ostler
Date Deposited: 24 Mar 2017 11:14
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 04:05
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15287

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