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Spatially modulated magnetic structures in thin films

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1 Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Hochschule, D-52056 Aachen, Germany

2 Institut für Theoretische Physik 1, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany

3 Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux,4 Université Henri Poincaré Nancy I, BP 239, F-54506 Vanduvre lès Nancy Cedex, France

4 Laboratoire associé au CNRS UMR 7556.

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Abstract

The axial next-nearest-neighbour Ising (ANNNI) model is studied for thin films of up to L = 10 layers, with a distinct phase diagram for each film thickness. The systematics of the ordered phases, as obtained from mean-field theory, Monte Carlo simulations and low-temperature expansions, is discussed. Results are compared to those for the ANNNI model in the limit L⟶∞.

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