Abstract
The interlayer exchange coupling between magnetic layers and the electronic structure in Co/Mn multilayers have been studied by using the linear muffin-tin orbital atomic sphere approximation method based on the local spin density approximation. It is found that the interlayer exchange coupling in Co/Mn multilayers shows oscillation with a period of 2 atomic layers because of the antiferromagnetic order of the Mn. The strength of the interlayer exchange coupling is quite large. The interface magnetic coupling between Co and Mn layers is ferromagnetic when the Mn layer is γ-Mn phase; however, it is antiferromagnetic when the Mn layer is α-Mn phase. In addition, the GMR effect of Co/Mn multilayers is discussed.
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