Shan R, Sukegawa H, Wang W H, Kodzuka M, Furubayashi T, Ohkubo T, Mitani S, Inomata K, Hono K
Magnetic Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, 305-0047, Japan.
Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Jun 19;102(24):246601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.246601. Epub 2009 Jun 15.
Fermi level tuning has been successfully demonstrated in Co-based full-Heusler alloy Co(2)FeAl(0.5)Si(0.5) (CFAS). The half-metallic band gap of CFAS was proved by the behavior of differential conductance of CFAS/(MgAl(2))O(x)/CoFe magnetic tunneling junctions with an unexplored crystalline (MgAl(2))O(x) barrier. CFAS exhibits the highest effective spin polarization (P_{eff}) at 300 K and the weakest temperature dependence of P_{eff} among all known half metals. Further study shows that P_{eff} of CFAS decays with increasing temperature (T) following T;{3/2} law perfectly, which indicates that the depolarization of CFAS is determined by spin wave excitation only.
费米能级调控已在钴基全赫斯勒合金Co₂FeAl₀.₅Si₀.₅(CFAS)中成功得到证实。通过具有未探索的晶体(MgAl₂)Oₓ势垒的CFAS/(MgAl₂)Oₓ/CoFe磁性隧道结的微分电导行为,证明了CFAS的半金属带隙。在所有已知的半金属中,CFAS在300 K时表现出最高的有效自旋极化率(Pₑₚ),且Pₑₚ的温度依赖性最弱。进一步研究表明,CFAS的Pₑₚ随温度(T)升高遵循T³/²定律完美衰减,这表明CFAS的去极化仅由自旋波激发决定。