Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Low Gilbert damping and in-plane magnetic anisotropy in Ni–Mn–Sn thin film with high L21 order

  • Published:
Applied Physics A Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Mn-rich off-stoichiometric Ni–Mn–Sn Heusler alloy thin film of thickness of 1000 nm was deposited on Si (100) substrate at ambient temperature by dc magnetron sputtering and then annealed ex situ at 550 °C for 1 h under high vacuum. X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy analyses show that the annealed film has high L21 crystalline ordering with a lattice constant 5.96 Å and average surface roughness of 1.8 nm. Annealed film exhibited ferromagnetism at room temperature with high saturation magnetization of 162 emu/cm3, low retentivity of 22 emu/cm3 and easy axis of magnetization along the plane of the film. Magneto-dynamic analysis using micro-strip ferromagnetic resonance spectra shows the presence of small in-plane anisotropy K u = 1.4 × 104 erg/cm3 with 4πM s = 2075 ± 10 Oe and g-factor of 2.1. Line width analysis yields a low intrinsic damping constant (α = 0.008). A significant contribution from extrinsic two-magnon scattering to the line width of the order of Γ = 50 Oe was observed which may be due to surface roughness or/and presence of inhomogeneity and atomic site disorder in the film. The film exhibits the unique combination of low damping constant, low K u, high magnetic saturation and low retentivity.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. R. Kainuma, Y. Imano, W. Ito, Y. Sutou, H. Morito, S. Okamoto, O. Kitakami, K. Oikawa, A. Fujita, T. Kanomata, K. Ishida, Nature 439, 957 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. K. Koyama, H. Okada, K. Watanabe, T. Kanomata, R. Kainuma, W. Ito, K. Oikawa, K. Ishida, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 182510 (2006)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. S. Chatterjee, S. Giri, S. Majumdar, S.K. De, J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 42, 065001 (2009)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. T. Krenke, E. Duman, M. Acet, E.F. Wassermann, X. Moya, L. Mañosa, A. Planes, Nat. Mater. 4, 450 (2005)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. T. Krenke, M. Acet, E.F. Wassermann, X. Moya, L. Mañosa, A. Planes, Phys. Rev. B 72, 1 (2005)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Y. Sutou, Y. Imano, N. Koeda, T. Omori, R. Kainuma, K. Ishida, K. Oikawa, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 4358 (2004)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. X. Chen, V.B. Naik, R. Mahendiran, R.V. Ramanujan, J. Alloys Compd. 618, 187 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. B. Gao, J. Shen, F.X. Hu, J. Wang, J.R. Sun, B.G. Shen, Appl. Phys. A 97, 443 (2009)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. A. Auge, N. Teichert, M. Meinert, G. Reiss, A. Hütten, E. Yüzüak, I. Dincer, Y. Elerman, I. Ennen, P. Schattschneider, Phys. Rev. B 85, 1 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. R. Vishnoi, D. Kaur, J. Appl. Phys. 107, 103907 (2010)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. E. Yüzüak, I. Dincer, Y. Elerman, A. Auge, N. Teichert, A. Hütten, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 222403 (2013)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. R. Vishnoi, R. Singhal, K. Asokan, D. Kanjilal, D. Kaur, Appl. Phys. A 107, 925 (2012)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. A. Ishida, V. Martynov, MRS Bull. 27, 111 (2002)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. V.O. Golub, R. Gontarz, G. Kakazei, N. Lesnik, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 174, 95 (1997)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. V. Golub, K.M. Reddy, V. Chernenko, P. Müllner, A. Punnoose, M. Ohtsuka, J. Appl. Phys. 105, 07A942 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. T. Kubota, S. Tsunegi, M. Oogane, S. Mizukami, T. Miyazaki, H. Naganuma, Y. Ando, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 2 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. S. Mizukami, D. Watanabe, M. Oogane, Y. Ando, Y. Miura, M. Shirai, T. Miyazaki, J. Appl. Phys. 105, 07D306 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. V.A. L’vov, V. Golub, O. Salyuk, J.M. Barandiarán, V.A. Chernenko, J. Appl. Phys. 117, 033901 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. V.A. Chernenko, M. Hagler, P. Müllner, V.M. Kniazkyi, V.A. L’vov, M. Ohtsuka, S. Besseghini, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 053909 (2007)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. J. Dubowik, A. Ehresmann, G. Kakazei, S.A. Bunyaev, Acta Phys. Pol. A 121, 1121 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. J. Romero Gómez, R. Ferreiro Garcia, A. De Miguel Catoira, M. Romero Gómez, Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 17, 74 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. S. Fähler, U.K. Rößler, O. Kastner, J. Eckert, G. Eggeler, H. Emmerich, P. Entel, S. Müller, E. Quandt, K. Albe, Adv. Eng. Mater. 14, 10 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. M. Ye, A. Kimura, Y. Miura, M. Shirai, Y.T. Cui, K. Shimada, H. Namatame, M. Taniguchi, S. Ueda, K. Kobayashi, R. Kainuma, T. Shishido, K. Fukushima, T. Kanomata, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 1 (2010)

    Google Scholar 

  24. B. Samantaray, A.K. Singh, A. Perumal, R. Ranganathan, P. Mandal, AIP Adv. 5, 067157 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  25. A. Szytuła, H. Ptasiewicz Ba̧̧k, J. Leciejewicz, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 80, 195 (1989)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  26. P.J. Webster, K.R.A. Ziebeck, J. Phys, Chem. Solids 34, 1647 (1973)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  27. Y. Takamura, R. Nakane, S. Sugahara, J. Appl. Phys. 105, 07B109 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. R. Vishnoi, D. Kaur, Surf. Coatings Technol. 204, 3773 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. R. Modak, B. Deka, M. Manivel Raja, A. Srinivasan, Adv. Sci. Lett. (2015) (accepted)

  30. I. Horcas, R. Fernández, J.M. Gómez-Rodríguez, J. Colchero, J. Gómez-Herrero, A.M. Baro, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 78, 013705 (2007)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  31. S.V. Andreev, M.I. Bartashevich, V.I. Pushkarsky, V.N. Maltsev, L.A. Pamyatnykh, E.N. Tarasov, N.V. Kudrevatykh, T. Goto, J. Alloys Compd. 260, 196 (1997)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  32. M. Fähnle, H. Kronmüller, J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 8, 149 (1978)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  33. Z.-Q. Jin, W. Tang, J.-R. Zhang, H.-X. Qin, Y.W. Du, Eur. Phys. J. B 3, 41 (1998)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  34. L.D. Landau, E.M. Lifshitz, Phys. Z. Sowietunion 8, 153 (1935)

    Google Scholar 

  35. T.L. Gilbert, Phys. Rev. 100, 1243 (1955)

    Google Scholar 

  36. O. Acher, S. Queste, M. Ledieu, K.-U. Barholz, R. Mattheis, Phys. Rev. B 68, 184414 (2003)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  37. Y.V. Goryunov, N.N. Garif’yanov, G.G. Khaliullin, I.A. Garifullin, L.R. Tagirov, F. Schreiber, T. Mühge, H. Zabel, Phys. Rev. B 52, 13450 (1995)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  38. R. Arias, D.L. Mills, Phys. Rev. B 60, 7395 (1999)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

Financial support from the Directorate of Extramural Research and Intellectual Property Rights, DRDO, India, vide Project No: ERIPR/ER/I00392/Ml/01/1381, is gratefully acknowledged.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, 781039, India

    Rajkumar Modak & A. Srinivasan

  2. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700 064, India

    B. Samantaray & P. Mandal

Authors
  1. Rajkumar Modak
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. B. Samantaray
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. P. Mandal
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. A. Srinivasan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to A. Srinivasan.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Modak, R., Samantaray, B., Mandal, P. et al. Low Gilbert damping and in-plane magnetic anisotropy in Ni–Mn–Sn thin film with high L21 order. Appl. Phys. A 122, 252 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9765-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9765-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation