Thermodynamic properties of magnetic bilayers

Abstract

Abstract Two models of magnetic bilayers are presented both based on the Heisenberg model. In the first case of ferromagnetically ordered ferromagnetically coupled planes of S =1 the anisotropy is of easy plane/axis type, while in the study of antiferromagnetically ordered antiferromagnetically coupled planes of S =1/2, the anisotropy is of XXZ type. Both systems are treated by Green's function method, which consistently applied within Random Phase Approximation lead to excitation energies and the system of equations for order parameters which can be solved numerically and which satisfies both Mermin-Wagner and Goldston theorem in the corresponding limit and also agrees with the Mean Field results. The basic result is that the transition temperature for magnetic dipole order parameter is unique for both planes. The results are compared with previous theoretical and experimental results.