Antiferromagnetic structure in tetragonal CuMnAs thin films

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Wadley, P., Hills, Victoria Anne, Shahedkhah, M.R., Edmonds, K.W., Campion, R.P., Novák, V., Ouladdiaf, B., Khalyavin, D., Langridge, S., Saidl, V., Němec, P., Rushforth, A.W., Gallagher, B.L., Dhesi, S.S., Maccherozzi, F., Železný, J. and Jungwirth, T. (2015) Antiferromagnetic structure in tetragonal CuMnAs thin films. Scientific Reports, 5 . 17079/1-17079/6. ISSN 2045-2322

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Official URL: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep17079

Abstract

Tetragonal CuMnAs is an antiferromagnetic material with favourable properties for applications in spintronics. Using a combination of neutron diffraction and x-ray magnetic linear dichroism, we determine the spin axis and magnetic structure in tetragonal CuMnAs, and reveal the presence of an interfacial uniaxial magnetic anisotropy. From the temperature-dependence of the neutron diffraction intensities, the Néel temperature is shown to be (480 ± 5) K. Ab initio calculations indicate a weak anisotropy in the (ab) plane for bulk crystals, with a large anisotropy energy barrier between in-plane and perpendicular-to-plane directions.

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https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/765477

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University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Physics and Astronomy

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https://doi.org/10.1038/srep17079

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