Half-metallicity and Gilbert damping constant in Co2 Fex Mn1-x Si Heusler alloys depending on the film composition

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Kubota, Takahide ^a   Tsunegi, Sumito ^a   Oogane, Mikihiko ^a   Mizukami, Shigemi ^a   Miyazaki, Terunobu ^a   Naganuma, Hiroshi ^a   Ando, Yasuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EPITAXIAL FILMS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON ALLOYS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; TUNNELS;

DAMPING CONSTANTS; FILM COMPOSITIONS; GILBERT DAMPING CONSTANTS; HALF-METALLIC; HALF-METALLICITY; HEUSLER ALLOYS; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCES;

DAMPING;

EID: 63549102105     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3105982     Document Type: Article

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