Coexistence of ferro- and antiferromagnetic order in Mn-doped Ni$_2$MnGa

Details Coexistence of ferro- and antiferromagnetic order in Mn-doped Ni$_2$MnGa Coexistence of ferro- and antiferromagnetic order in Mn-doped Ni$_2$MnGa

2002-12-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0212442v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.67.212405

Ni-Mn-Ga is interesting as a prototype of a magnetic shape-memory alloy showing large magnetic field induced strains. We present here results for the magnetic ordering of Mn-rich Ni-Mn-Ga alloys based on both experiments and theory. Experimental trends for the composition dependence of the magnetization are measured by a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) in magnetic fields of up to several tesla and at low temperatures. The saturation magnetization has a maximum near the stoichiometric composition and it decreases with increasing Mn content. This unexpected behaviour is interpreted via first-principles calculations within the density-functional theory. We show that extra Mn atoms are antiferromagnetically aligned to the other moments, which explains the dependence of the magnetization on composition. In addition, the effect of Mn doping on the stabilization of the structural phases and on the magnetic anisotropy energy is demonstrated.

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