Signature of Electron-magnon Umklapp Scattering in L10 FePt probed by Thermoelectric Measurements

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Auteurs principaux: Yan, Xiaoxian, Huai, Chang, Xing, Hui, Parry, James P., Yang, Yusen, Tang, Guoxiong, Yao, Chao, Hu, Guohan, Sabirianov, Renat, Zeng, Hao
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author Yan, Xiaoxian
Huai, Chang
Xing, Hui
Parry, James P.
Yang, Yusen
Tang, Guoxiong
Yao, Chao
Hu, Guohan
Sabirianov, Renat
Zeng, Hao
author_facet Yan, Xiaoxian
Huai, Chang
Xing, Hui
Parry, James P.
Yang, Yusen
Tang, Guoxiong
Yao, Chao
Hu, Guohan
Sabirianov, Renat
Zeng, Hao
contents We report unconventional thermoelectric power (Seebeck coefficient, S) in L10 structured FePt films. The temperature dependence of S can be well fitted by a phenomenological expression consisting of electron diffusion and magnon-drag contributions. Interestingly, the magnon drag coefficient carries an opposite sign to that of electron diffusion, revealing a dominant contribution from the elusive electron-magnon Umklapp scattering. DFT calculations identify several bands crossing the Brillouin zone boundaries, facilitating the Umklapp process. The large spin-orbit coupling in FePt results in strong mixing of majority and minority spins among some of those bands, greatly enhancing the electron-magnon scattering.
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spellingShingle Signature of Electron-magnon Umklapp Scattering in L10 FePt probed by Thermoelectric Measurements
Yan, Xiaoxian
Huai, Chang
Xing, Hui
Parry, James P.
Yang, Yusen
Tang, Guoxiong
Yao, Chao
Hu, Guohan
Sabirianov, Renat
Zeng, Hao
Materials Science
We report unconventional thermoelectric power (Seebeck coefficient, S) in L10 structured FePt films. The temperature dependence of S can be well fitted by a phenomenological expression consisting of electron diffusion and magnon-drag contributions. Interestingly, the magnon drag coefficient carries an opposite sign to that of electron diffusion, revealing a dominant contribution from the elusive electron-magnon Umklapp scattering. DFT calculations identify several bands crossing the Brillouin zone boundaries, facilitating the Umklapp process. The large spin-orbit coupling in FePt results in strong mixing of majority and minority spins among some of those bands, greatly enhancing the electron-magnon scattering.
title Signature of Electron-magnon Umklapp Scattering in L10 FePt probed by Thermoelectric Measurements
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.1634