NORMAL SPIN-WAVE MODES OF COMPLEX EXCHANGECOUPLED CRYSTALS.

Abstract

Recently, a spin-wave theory has been constructed of the Holstein-Primakoff type applicable to exchange-coupled crystals with an arbitrary number of magnetic ions per primitive magnetic unit cell. In the present report, a simple, explicit, and general procedure is given for finding a complete set of normal spin-wave modes within the context of the above theory. A comparison of our procedure with the corresponding one of Wallace reveals that the present method is considerably easier to apply than his in practical computations involving an extensive class of complex exchange-coupled spin structures. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 1964
Accession Number
AD0437955

Entities

People

  • A. W. Saenz

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Magnetic Phenomena
  • Spin Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.