Violation of Hund's third rule in structurally disordered ferromagnets
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, vol.84, no.2, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 84 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2011
- Doi Number: 10.1103/physrevb.84.024411
- Journal Name: PHYSICAL REVIEW B
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Violation of Hund's third rule caused by structural disorder is observed for the induced magnetic moment of Zr, using x-ray magnetic circular dichroism. The induced spin and orbital magnetic moments are antiparallel in the crystalline state, but parallel in an amorphous state of the investigated Co- and Fe-based materials. First-principles calculations are used to provide physical insight into the dependency of the spin-orbit coupling on the interatomic distance and coordination number.