Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-5211
Authors: Bommanaboyena, S. P.
Bergfeldt, T.
Heller, R.
Kläui, Mathias
Jourdan, Martin
Title: High quality epitaxial Mn2Au (001) thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy
Online publication date: 27-Nov-2020
Year of first publication: 2020
Language: english
Abstract: The recently discovered phenomenon of Neel spin-orbit torque in antiferromagnetic Mn2Au [Bodnar et al., Nat. Commun. 9, 348 (2018); Meinert et al., Phys. Rev. Appl. 9, 064040 (2018); Bodnar et al., Phys. Rev. B 99, 140409(R) (2019)] has generated huge interest in this material for spintronics applications. In this paper, we report the preparation and characterization of high quality Mn2Au thin films by molecular beam epitaxy and compare them with magnetron sputtered samples. The films were characterized for their structural and morphological properties using reflective high-energy electron diffraction, x-ray diffraction, x-ray reflectometry, atomic force microscopy, and temperature dependent resistance measurements. The thin film composition was determined using both inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectrometry techniques. The MBE-grown films were found to show a superior smooth morphology and a low defect concentration, resulting in reduced scattering of the charge carriers.
DDC: 530 Physik
530 Physics
Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department: FB 08 Physik, Mathematik u. Informatik
Place: Mainz
ROR: https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI: http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-5211
Version: Accepted version
Publication type: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Document type specification: Scientific article
License: In Copyright
Information on rights of use: https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en
Journal: Journal of applied physics
127
24
Pages or article number: Art. 243901
Publisher: American Inst. of Physics,
Publisher place: Melville, NY
Issue date: 2020
ISSN: 0021-8979
Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0009566
Publisher DOI: 10.1063/5.0009566
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