Monte Carlo Simulation on Triple Layer Thin Film Spin Lattice in Extended Heisenberg Model

• Authors: E. Bîrsan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper the magnetic behavior of triple layer thin film was investigated by Monte Carlo simulations. We fixed an antiferromagnetic arrangement of the lattice spins for the basal layer of the film and we studied the basal layer magnetic ordering influence on the two other layers, by calculating the out-of-plane and the in-plane magnetization, the out-of-plane and the in-plane magnetic susceptibility and the specific heat. We found out five magnetic ordering phases of the sample: ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, mixed phase ordering, paramagnetic and XY-like magnetic ordering of the spins, respectively.

Keywords

EN

75.10.Hk; 75.70.Ak; 75.40.Mg

Discipline

• 75.70.Ak: Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films
• 75.40.Mg: Numerical simulation studies
• 75.10.Hk: Classical spin models

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 115
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 713-720

Dates

published

2009-03

received

2008-08-06

(unknown)

2008-10-06

Contributors

author

E. Bîrsan

• Physics Department, "Lucian Blaga" University, Dr I. Ratiu Str., No. 5-7, 550024, Sibiu, Romania

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.115.713