Optimization of reactively sputtered Mn3GaN films based on resistivity measurements
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| author | Sürgers, Christoph Fischer, Gerda Deng, Sihao Hu, Dongmei Wang, Cong |
| author_facet | Sürgers, Christoph Fischer, Gerda Deng, Sihao Hu, Dongmei Wang, Cong |
| contents | Mn-based nitrides with antiperovskite structures have several properties that can be utilised for antiferromagnetic spintronics. Their magnetic properties depend on the structural quality, composition and doping of the cubic antiperovskite structure. Such nitride thin films are usually produced by reactive physical vapour deposition, where the deposition rate of N can only be controlled by the N2 gas flow. We show that the tuning of the N content can be optimised using low temperature resistivity measurements, which serve as an indicator of the degree of structural disorder. Several Mn3GaNx films were prepared by reactive magnetron sputtering under different N2 gas flows. Under optimised conditions, we obtain films that exhibit a metal-like temperature dependence, a vanishing logarithmic increase in resistivity towards zero, the highest resistivity ratio and a lattice contraction of 0.4 % along the growth direction when heated above that of the Néel temperature in agreement with the bulk samples. |
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| spellingShingle | Optimization of reactively sputtered Mn3GaN films based on resistivity measurements Sürgers, Christoph Fischer, Gerda Deng, Sihao Hu, Dongmei Wang, Cong Materials Science Mn-based nitrides with antiperovskite structures have several properties that can be utilised for antiferromagnetic spintronics. Their magnetic properties depend on the structural quality, composition and doping of the cubic antiperovskite structure. Such nitride thin films are usually produced by reactive physical vapour deposition, where the deposition rate of N can only be controlled by the N2 gas flow. We show that the tuning of the N content can be optimised using low temperature resistivity measurements, which serve as an indicator of the degree of structural disorder. Several Mn3GaNx films were prepared by reactive magnetron sputtering under different N2 gas flows. Under optimised conditions, we obtain films that exhibit a metal-like temperature dependence, a vanishing logarithmic increase in resistivity towards zero, the highest resistivity ratio and a lattice contraction of 0.4 % along the growth direction when heated above that of the Néel temperature in agreement with the bulk samples. |
| title | Optimization of reactively sputtered Mn3GaN films based on resistivity measurements |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.01203 |