Abstract
The full-potential linearized augmented-planewaves (FLAPW) method is often regarded as a benchmark-setting approach among the electronic structure methods. Here we present ab initio calculations of polar magneto-optical Kerr effect spectra using the FLAPW method. A comparison to a different electronic structure method, the augmented spherical waves (ASW) scheme, demonstrates the independence of the results on a particular numerical procedure. The materials studied here include transition metals and their alloys, viz. Fe, Ni, Co, CoPt, and FeAu, the uranium compounds US, URhAl, and UCu2P2, and the transition-metal oxide CrO2.
