Research Article

Propagation Effects in the Spin-Wave Spectrum of the Ferromagnetic Thin Film

Table 1

The numbers of nearest neighbors (NN) and next nearest (NNN) neighbors in adjacent lattice planes parallel to the surface in cubic thin films and three surface cuts. Individual planes are numbered , where for considered structures.

Surface cut NN NNN

sc
 (001) 4 1 0 0 4 4 0 0
 (110) 2 2 0 0 2 4 1 0
 (111) 0 3 0 0 6 0 3 0
bcc
 (001) 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 0
 (110) 4 2 0 0 2 2 0 0
 (111) 0 3 0 1 0 0 3 0
fcc
 (001) 4 4 0 0 4 0 1 0
 (110) 2 4 1 0 2 0 2 0
 (111) 6 3 0 0 0 3 0 0