Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2004-12-22
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
15 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
Highly (001) oriented thin films of Co2MnSi have been grown on lattice matched GaAs(001) without a buffer layer. Stoichiometric films exhibited a saturation magnetization slightly reduced from the bulk value and films grown at the highest substrate temperature of 689 K showed the lowest resistivity (33 micro.ohm.cm at 4.2 K) and the lowest coercivity (14 Oe). The spin polarization of the transport current was found to be of the order of 55% as determined by point contact Andreev reflection spectroscopy. The reduced magnetization obtained was attributed to the antiferromagnetic Mn2As phase. Twofold in-plane magnetic anisotropy was observed due to the inequivalence of the <110> directions, and this was attributed to the nature of the bonding at the reconstructed GaAs surface.
Barber Z. H.
Bugoslavsky Y.
Cohen Lesley F.
Köhn Alf
Miyoshi Yasunobu
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