Magnetocrystalline anisotropy of ferro- and ferrimagnetics

The phenomenology and atomic origins of magnetocrystalline anisotropy are reviewed, and the experimental data are summarized for the spinel ferrites, garnets, metals of the 3d and 4f transition series, and some selected rare earth compounds. Only intrinsic magnetocrystalline anisotropy is covered, and attention is principally confined to single-crystal results. Antiferromagnetic materials have been omitted.