Half-metallic ferromagnets

Kübler J, Fecher GH, Felser C (2013)


Publication Type: Authored book

Publication year: 2013

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

ISBN: 9789048138326

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3832-6_5

Abstract

Half-metallic ferromagnetism and the related ferrimagnets are reviewed from a theoretical point of view. Concentrating on Heusler compounds as well as the double perovskites we discuss the electronic structure, the nature of the magnetic moments, and the physics of the energy-gap in one of the spin-channels. The role of spin-orbit coupling is examined and a brief account is given of a tetragonal Heusler compound. Exchange interactions are determined and used for calculations of the Curie temperatures and spin-wave spectra. In view of the large Curie temperatures of the Heusler compounds and the double perovskites we discuss double-exchange and super-exchange models.

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APA:

Kübler, J., Fecher, G.H., & Felser, C. (2013). Half-metallic ferromagnets. Springer Netherlands.

MLA:

Kübler, Jürgen, Gerhard H. Fecher, and Claudia Felser. Half-metallic ferromagnets. Springer Netherlands, 2013.

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