Magnetoelastic effects and magnetic anisotropy in superlattice system

In this contribution, we will discuss the effect to interface misfit strain on magnetic coupling of ferromagnetic layers, across intervening, metallic spacer in the epitaxial superlattice system. We calculate the interface lateral lattice deformation, due to ionic radii misfit within the Frenkel-Kontorova model and derive its influence on surface magnetic anisotropy and electronic properties of the nonmagnetic spacer. We will study also the origin of the interface magnetoelastic asymmetry in superlattices and its effect on magnetic coupling between magnetic layers. Also the magnetoelastic contribution to the in-plane exchange coupling is widely discussed. (author)