Electronic Structure and Magnetic Exchange Interaction in Fe₂NiAs Compound

• Authors: Xiao-Ping Wei , Ya-Ling Zhang , Xiao-Wei Sun , Ting Song , Xing-Feng Zhu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Using the spin-polarized relativistic Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method, we study the electronic and magnetic properties of Fe₂NiAs compound with the Hg₂CuTi structure. Electronic calculations reveal the d-d orbital hybridization taking an important role in the compound. The calculated magnetic moments, which contain the spin and orbital moments, are primarily carried by Fe atoms located in A and B sites. The orbital moment of Fe₂NiAs system is rather small due to the cause of orbital quenching, implying a weak spin-orbit coupling. Simultaneously, we also study the influence of lattice constant on the magnetic moment, it is found that both spin and orbital moments are sensitive to the changes of lattice constants, i.e., the moments become larger as the expansion of lattice constant, indicating the enhancement of spin-orbit coupling effect. In addition, we investigate the magnetic interactions between the constituents to obtain the Heisenberg exchange coupling parameters. It is noted that the interactions are dominated by a strong exchange between Fe atoms. Finally, we acquire the Curie temperatures of Fe₂NiAs compound under different lattice constants by using mean field approximation.

Keywords

EN

71.20.Lp; 71.20.Gj; 71.20.-b; 77.80.B-

Discipline

• 77.80.B-: Phase transitions and Curie point(for Curie point in ferromagnetic materials, see 75.30.Kz)
• 71.20.-b: Electron density of states and band structure of crystalline solids
• 71.20.Lp: Intermetallic compounds
• 71.20.Gj: Other metals and alloys

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 132
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 1320-1324

Dates

published

2017-10

received

2016-12-25

(unknown)

2017-06-24

Contributors

author

Xiao-Ping Wei

• The School of Mathematics and Physics, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, P.R. China

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Ya-Ling Zhang

• Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, P.R. China

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Xiao-Wei Sun

• The School of Mathematics and Physics, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, P.R. China

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Ting Song

• The School of Mathematics and Physics, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, P.R. China

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Xing-Feng Zhu

• Department of Physics, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, P.R. China

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.132.1320