Abstract
The electronic structure of the 5d impurities Os, Ir, Pt, and Au in ferromagnetic Fe has been studied by the spin-polarized, relativistic version of the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker Green’s-function method. This approach simultaneously treats spin polarization and spin-orbit coupling and naturally allows for a theoretical investigation of effects arising from an interplay of both. Here the polarization dependence of x-ray absorption (magnetic x-ray dichroism) is considered. For all the impurities studied, the agreement with recent experimental and absorption spectra is very satisfactory. For Pt in Fe, a decomposition of the spectra into various absorption channels is presented and the applicability of a simplified model is discussed that interprets the spectra in terms of a spin-polarized band structure alone.
- Received 26 February 1990
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.42.2744
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