Calculation of magnetic anisotropy energy in SmCo5

Details Calculation of magnetic anisotropy energy in SmCo5 Calculation of magnetic anisotropy energy in SmCo5

2003-03-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0303368v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

Submitted to Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.67.214405

SmCo5 is an important hard magnetic material, due to its large magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE). We have studied the magnetic properties of SmCo5 using density functional theory (DFT) calculations where the Sm f-bands, which are difficult to include in DFT calculations, have been treated within the LDA+U formalism. The large MAE comes mostly from the Sm f-shell anisotropy, stemming from an interplay between the crystal field and the spin-orbit coupling. We found that both are of similar strengths, unlike some other Sm compounds, leading to a partial quenching of the orbital moment (f-states cannot be described as either pure lattice harmonics or pure complex harmonics), an optimal situation for enhanced MAE. A smaller portion of the MAE can be associated with the Co-d band anisotropy, related to the peak in the density of states at the Fermi energy. Our result for the MAE of SmCo5, 21.6 meV/f.u., agrees reasonably with the experimental value of 13-16 meV/f.u., and the calculated magnetic moment (including the orbital component) of 9.4 mu_B agrees with the experimental value of 8.9 mu_B.

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