| Literature DB >> 15324271 |
D J Huang1, C F Chang, H-T Jeng, G Y Guo, H-J Lin, W B Wu, H C Ku, A Fujimori, Y Takahashi, C T Chen.
Abstract
We present measurements of the spin and orbital magnetic moments of Fe3O4 by using SQUID and magnetic circular dichroism in soft x-ray absorption. The measurements show that Fe3O4 has a noninteger spin moment, in contrast to its predicted half-metallic feature. Fe3O4 also exhibits a large unquenched orbital moment. Calculations using the local density approximation including the Hubbard U method and the configuration interaction cluster-model suggest that strong correlations and spin-orbit interaction of the 3d electrons result in the noninteger spin and large orbital moments of Fe3O4.Entities:
Year: 2004 PMID: 15324271 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.077204
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161