Magnetic properties of iron pnictides from spin-spiral calculations

Abstract

The wave-vector (q) and doping dependences of the magnetic energy, iron moment, and effective exchange interactions in LaFeAsO, BaFe2As2, and SrFe2As2\ are studied by self-consistent LSDA calculations for co-planar spin spirals. For the undoped compounds, the calculated total energy, E(q), reaches its minimum at q corresponding to stripe anti-ferromagnetic order. In LaFeAsO, this minimum becomes flat already at low levels of electron-doping and shifts to an incommensurate q at delta=0.2, where delta is the number of additional electrons (delta>0) or holes (delta<0) per Fe. In BaFe2As2 and SrFe2As2, stripe order remains stable for hole doping down to delta=-0.3. Under electron doping, on the other hand, the E(q) minimum shifts to incommensurate q already at delta=0.1.

4 pages, 2 figures, International Conference on Magnetism, Karlsruhe, July 26 - 31, 2009

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