Ferromagnetism above room temperature in Mn-Si-C alloy films
- Mn-Si-C alloy films are prepared by e-beam coevaporation onto a Si substrate held at 600 °C. Ferromagnetism is observed below T = (360 +/- 5) K with SQUID magnetometry and magneto-optical Kerr effect. This is the highest Curie temperature T yet observed for a Mn-based alloy. Although the composition determined by Auger depth profiling varies appreciably for different films, their T is the same indicating that ferromagnetism is caused by an alloy of well-defined composition independent of precipitations.
Author: | M. Gajdzik, C. Sürgers, M. Kelemen, Burkard Hillebrands, H. von Löhneysen |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-8917 |
Document Type: | Article |
Language of publication: | English |
Year of Completion: | 1999 |
Year of first Publication: | 1999 |
Publishing Institution: | Technische Universität Kaiserslautern |
Date of the Publication (Server): | 2000/04/03 |
Tag: | Curie temperature; Ferromagnetism; Mn-Si-C alloy films; SQUID magnetometry; magneto-optical Kerr effect |
Faculties / Organisational entities: | Kaiserslautern - Fachbereich Physik |
DDC-Cassification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 530 Physik |
Licence (German): | Standard gemäß KLUEDO-Leitlinien vor dem 27.05.2011 |