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Nabiałek A, Chumak OM, Aleshkevych P, Domagala JZ, Pacewicz A, Salski B, Krupka J, Seki T, Takanashi K, Baczewski LT, Szymczak H. Influence of the strain effect on magnetocrystalline anisotropy in Co 2Fe 0.4Mn 0.6Si Heusler alloys. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17016. [PMID: 37813925 PMCID: PMC10562421 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43979-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023] Open
Abstract
The perpendicular magnetocrystalline anisotropy, magnetoelastic properties as well as the Gilbert damping factor in Co2Fe0.4Mn0.6Si thin films were found to depend on a magnetic layer thickness, and they can be also tuned by the application of additional Ag buffer layer. The tetragonal distortion of a magnetic layer was found to increase with decreasing thickness, and after the application of an additional Ag buffer layer, the character of this distortion was changed from tensile to compressive in the plane of a film. A correlation between the tetragonal distortion and perpendicular magnetocrystalline anisotropy was found. However, the magnitude of the observed tetragonal distortion for most samples seems to be too small to explain alone the experimentally found large magnitude of the perpendicular magnetocrystalline anisotropy. For these samples, other mechanisms including both surface and volume effects must be taken into account.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Nabiałek
- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-665, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-665, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, 00-665, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, 319-1195, Japan
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-668, Warsaw, Poland
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Chumak OM, Pacewicz A, Lynnyk A, Salski B, Yamamoto T, Seki T, Domagala JZ, Głowiński H, Takanashi K, Baczewski LT, Szymczak H, Nabiałek A. Magnetoelastic interactions and magnetic damping in Co 2Fe 0.4Mn 0.6Si and Co 2FeGa 0.5Ge 0.5 Heusler alloys thin films for spintronic applications. Sci Rep 2021; 11:7608. [PMID: 33828149 PMCID: PMC8027465 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87205-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Co2Fe0.4Mn0.6Si (CFMS) and Co2FeGa0.5Ge0.5 (CFGG) Heusler alloys are among the most promising thin film materials for spintronic devices due to a high spin polarization, low magnetic damping and giant/tunneling magnetoresistance ratios. Despite numerous investigations of Heusler alloys magnetic properties performed up to now, magnetoelastic effects in these materials remain not fully understood; due to quite rare studies of correlations between magnetoelastic and other magnetic properties, such as magnetic dissipation or magnetic anisotropy. In this research we have investigated epitaxial CFMS and CFGG Heusler alloys thin films of thickness in the range of 15-50 nm. We have determined the magnetoelastic tensor components and magnetic damping parameters as a function of the magnetic layer thickness. Magnetic damping measurements revealed the existence of non-Gilbert dissipation related contributions, including two-magnon scattering and spin pumping phenomena. Magnetoelastic constant B11 values and the effective magnetic damping parameter αeff values were found to be in the range of - 6 to 30 × 106 erg/cm3 and between 1 and 12 × 10-3, respectively. The values of saturation magnetostriction λS for CFMS Heusler alloy thin films were also obtained using the strain modulated ferromagnetic resonance technique. The correlation between αeff and B11, depending on magnetic layer thickness was determined based on the performed investigations of the above mentioned magnetic properties.
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Affiliation(s)
- O. M. Chumak
- grid.413454.30000 0001 1958 0162Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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- grid.1035.70000000099214842Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 15/19, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland
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- grid.413454.30000 0001 1958 0162Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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- grid.1035.70000000099214842Institute of Radioelectronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Nowowiejska 15/19, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Center for Spintronics Research Network, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- grid.413454.30000 0001 1958 0162Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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- grid.413454.30000 0001 1958 0162Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland
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- grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Center for Spintronics Research Network, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan ,grid.69566.3a0000 0001 2248 6943Center for Science and Innovation in Spintronics, Core Research Cluster, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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- grid.413454.30000 0001 1958 0162Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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- grid.413454.30000 0001 1958 0162Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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- grid.413454.30000 0001 1958 0162Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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