https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050919
Interlayer exchange coupling: Preasymptotic corrections
Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle, Germany
Corresponding author: a bruno@mpi-halle.de
Received:
7
January
1999
Published online: 15 September 1999
In the asymptotic limit, the interlayer exchange coupling decays as D-2,
where D is the spacer thickness. A systematic procedure for calculating
the preasymptotic corrections, i.e., the terms of order 
with 
,
is presented. The temperature dependence of the preasymptotic corrections is
calculated. The results are used to discuss the preasymptotic corrections for
the Co/Cu/Co(001) system.
PACS: 75.70.Cn – Interfacial magnetic properties (multilayers, magnetic quantum wells, superlattices, magnetic heterostructures) / 75.30.Et – Exchange and superexchange interactions / 73.20.Dx – Electron states in low-dimensional structures (superlattices, quantum well structures and multilayers)
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 1999
