STATE OF Co AND Mn IN HALF-METALLIC FERROMAGNET Co2MnSi EXPLORED BY MAGNETIC 
CIRCULAR DICHROISM IN HARD X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON EMISSION AND SOFT X-RAY 
ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES

Fecher, Gerhard H.; Ebke, Daniel; Ouardi, Siham; Agrestini, Stefano; Kuo, Chang-Yang; Hollmann, Nils; Hu, Zhiwei; Gloskovskii, Andrei; Yakhou, Flora; Brookes, Nicholas B.; Felser, Claudia

doi:10.1142/S2010324714400177

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STATE OF Co AND Mn IN HALF-METALLIC FERROMAGNET Co₂MnSi EXPLORED BY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM IN HARD X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON EMISSION AND SOFT X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES

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Fecher, Gerhard H.
Gerhard Fecher, Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Ebke, Daniel
Daniel Ebke, Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Ouardi, Siham
Siham Ouardi, Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Agrestini, Stefano
Stefano Agrestini, Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Kuo, Chang-Yang
Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Hollmann, Nils
Nils Hollmann, Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Hu, Zhiwei
Zhiwei Hu, Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Felser, Claudia
Claudia Felser, Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Fecher, G. H., Ebke, D., Ouardi, S., Agrestini, S., Kuo, C.-Y., Hollmann, N., et al. (2014). STATE OF Co AND Mn IN HALF-METALLIC FERROMAGNET Co₂MnSi EXPLORED BY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM IN HARD X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON EMISSION AND SOFT X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES. SPIN, 4(4): 1440017, pp. 1-16. doi:10.1142/S2010324714400177.

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Abstract

The half-metallic Heusler compound Co2MnSi is a very attractive material for spintronic devices because it exhibits very high tunnelling magnetoresistance ratios. This work reports on a spectroscopic investigation of thin Co2MnSi films as they are used as electrodes in magnetic tunnel junctions. The investigated films exhibit a remanent in-plane magnetization with a magnetic moment of about 5 μB when saturated, as expected. The low coercive field of only 4 mT indicates soft magnetic behavior. Magnetic dichroism in emission and absorption was measured at the Co and Mn 2p core levels. The photoelectron spectra were excited by circularly polarized hard X-rays with an energy of 6 keV and taken from the remanently magnetized film. The soft X-ray absorption spectra were taken in an induction field of 4 T. Both methods yielded large dichroism effects. An analysis reveals the localized character of the electrons and magnetic moments attributed to the Mn atoms, whereas the electrons related to the Co atoms contribute an itinerant part to the total magnetic moment.