Tunable ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interfacial exchange coupling in perpendicularly magnetized L1{sub 0}-MnGa/Co{sub 2}FeAl Heusler bilayers
- WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, 980-8577 Sendai (Japan)
In this work, we report a tailorable exchange coupling (J{sub ex}) at the Mn{sub 62}Ga{sub 38}/Co{sub 2}FeAl interface, where Mn{sub 62}Ga{sub 38} and Co{sub 2}FeAl alloys are tetragonal Heusler alloy with high perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and typical cubic Heusler alloy with soft magnetism, respectively. As the post annealing temperature (T{sub a}) is lower than 375 °C, the J{sub ex} is ferromagnetic with strength controllable from 7.5 to 0.5 erg/cm{sup 2}. Interestingly, as T{sub a} increases higher than 400 °C, an antiferromagnetic J{sub ex} of −5.5 erg/cm{sup 2} is observed. The ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic transition is further evidenced by the spin dependent transport property of the magnetic tunnel junctions with Mn{sub 62}Ga{sub 38}/Co{sub 2}FeAl as electrode. Based on structure characterization, the variation of J{sub ex} during annealing is discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 22402813
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 116, Issue 23; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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