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Minority-spin conduction in ferromagnetic Mn$_5$Ge$_3$C$_x$ and Mn$_5$Si$_3$C$_x$ films derived from anisotropic magnetoresistance and density functional theory

Deng, Sihao 1; Heid, Rolf 2; Bohnen, Klaus-Peter 2; Wang, Cong; Sürgers, Christoph ORCID iD icon 1
1 Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
2 Institut für QuantenMaterialien und Technologien (IQMT), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract (englisch):

The anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) of ferromagnetic Mn$_5$Ge$_3$C$_x$ (0 $\le$ x $\le$ 1) and Mn$_5$Si$_3$C$_x$ (0.5 $\le$ x $\le$ 1) thin films was investigated and compared with density functional theory calculations from which the spin-split electronic density of states at the Fermi level and the spin polarization were obtained. The isostructural compounds exhibit different AMR behavior. While only Mn5Si3C0.5 shows a positive AMR ratio and a positive spin polarization, the negative AMR ratio of all other compounds is due to a negative spin polarization. The
correlation between the sign of the AMR and the degree of spin polarization is in agreement with theoretical calculations of the AMR ratio indicating that the magnetoelectronic transport in both compounds is dominated by minority-spin conduction. The dominating role of minority-spin conduction remains unaffected even after incorporation of carbon into the crystalline lattice which weakens both AMR and spin polarization.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000131900
Veröffentlicht am 10.11.2022
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.134439
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für QuantenMaterialien und Technologien (IQMT)
Physikalisches Institut (PHI)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2021
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2469-9950, 2469-9969
KITopen-ID: 1000131900
HGF-Programm 47.11.02 (POF IV, LK 01) Emergent Quantum Phenomena
Erschienen in Physical Review B
Verlag American Physical Society (APS)
Band 103
Heft 13
Seiten Art.-Nr. 134439
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 27.04.2021
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