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Magnetic and transport properties of epitaxial Co2MnSi films

  • W. H. Wang
  • , X. B. Ren
  • , G. H. Wu
  • , M. Przybylski
  • , J. Barthel
  • , J. Kirschner
  • National Institute for Materials Science Tsukuba
  • CAS - Institute of Physics
  • Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
  • AGH University of Krakow

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Abstract

We report on magnetic and magnetotransport properties of single-crystalline Co2MnSi films grown by using conventional pulsed laser deposition (PLD) method on moderately heated semiconductor GaAs(001) substrates. The films exhibit the expected high Curie temperature and a strong in-plane uniaxial magnetic anisotropy with the easy axis of magnetization along the [1-10] direction. A saturation magnetization of 950 emu/cm3 was measured at 5 K. The temperature dependence of the resistivity shows metallic behavior down to low temperatures. At 5 K, a rather large negative magnetoresistance (MR) of 1.26% has also been observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2805-2807
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume41
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Half metal
  • Heusler alloys
  • Magnetic properties

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