Molecular beam epitaxial growth and characterizations of Co-Mn-Ge Heusler thin films

C. H. Sim; V. Ko; K. L. Teo; Zaibing Guo; T. Liew; T. C. Chong

doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2007.08.010

Molecular beam epitaxial growth and characterizations of Co-Mn-Ge Heusler thin films

C. H. Sim, V. Ko, K. L. Teo^*, Zaibing Guo, T. Liew, T. C. Chong

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We report on the growth of Co-Mn-Ge thin films on various substrates using low-temperature molecular beam epitaxy. The magnetic and transport properties of the films were investigated. The close-to-stoichiometric Co₂MnGe film grown on GaAs(1 0 0) shows ferromagnetism and exhibits anomalous Hall effects at room temperature. The irreversibility of zero-field-cooled and field-cooled measurements suggests the formation of superparamagnetic clusters. On the other hand, the growth of Co₂MnGe films on Ge buffer layer and Si(1 0 0) substrate is found to be unsuitable due to the degraded crystal qualities with weak magnetization signals.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	392-397
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Crystal Growth
Volume	308
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2007.08.010
State	Published - Oct 15 2007

Keywords

A1. Reflection high-energy electron diffraction
A3. Molecular beam epitaxy
B1. Heusler alloy
B3. Spintronics

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Condensed Matter Physics

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