Investigation of the spin canting in thin films of Mn2Rh0.6Ir0.4Sn Heusler compound.
The study of noncollinear magnets and quantification of their spin canting is crucial for the development and optimization of technological applications, for which thin films are vital for this purpose. In this experiment, we will determine the magnitude and nature (ferro/antiferromagnetic) of the spin canting in the Heusler compound Mn2Rh0.6Ir0.4Sn, grown on MgO(100) substrate. From the magnetic and transport properties of the parent compound Mn2RhSn, we see that the substitution of Rh by Ir, with higher spin-orbit coupling, alters the balance of the Heisenberg and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya exchange interactions, as well as the magnetic anisotropy, therefore changing the spin canting angle. Preliminary results in Mn2RhSn from single crystal neutron diffraction at ZEBRA (PSI) already show differences with the bulk. Through the examination of a set of (HKL) Bragg peaks in a wide T range, the spin canting angle could be resolved in D10 diffractometer. Our previous experiment in a single 60 nm thin film performed at D10 proved that the proposed methodology is successful for the quantification of spin canting in thin films.
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IBARRA Rebeca; AYAPE KATCHO Nebil; Dmytro Inosov; OULADDIAF Bachir and SUKHANOV Aleksandr. (2023). Investigation of the spin canting in thin films of Mn2Rh0.6Ir0.4Sn Heusler compound.. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) doi:10.5291/ILL-DATA.5-54-390
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