Large effect of metal substrate on magnetic anisotropy of Co on hexagonal boron nitride

Autor: Iker Gallardo, Andres Arnau, Fernando Delgado, Romana Baltic, Aparajita Singha, Fabio Donati, Christian Wäckerlin, Jan Dreiser, Stefano Rusponi, Harald Brune
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 21, Iss 7, p 073053 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ab3077
Popis: We combine x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) and x-ray magnetic linear dichroism (XMLD) data with first principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations and a multiorbital many-body Hamiltonian approach to understand the electronic and magnetic properties of Co atoms adsorbed on h-BN/Ru(0001) and h-BN/Ir(111). The XAS line shape reveals, for both substrates, an electronic configuration close to 3 d ^8 , corresponding to a spin S = 1. Magnetic field dependent XMCD data show large (14 meV) out-of-plane anisotropy on h-BN/Ru(0001), while it is almost isotropic (tens of μ eV) on h-BN/Ir(111). XMLD data together with both DFT calculations and the results of the multiorbital Hubbard model suggest that the dissimilar magnetic anisotropy originates from different Co adsorption sites, namely atop N on h-BN/Ru(0001) and 6-fold hollow on h-BN/Ir(111).
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