Bulklike behavior of magnetoelasticity in epitaxial Fe1-xGax thin films

Bulk Fe1-xGax alloys present a strong sensitivity of the magnetostrictive properties with Ga content with maximum magnetostriction near x=0.19. Here, we present magnetoelastic coefficients measured by the cantilever method on Fe1-xGax thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs(001). We find...

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Autores: Barturen, Mariana, Sander, D., Milano, Julian, Premper, J., Helman, Christian, Eddrief, M., Kirschner, J., Marangolo, M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/123842
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/123842
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Magnetoelasticity
Cantilever method
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Sumario:Bulk Fe1-xGax alloys present a strong sensitivity of the magnetostrictive properties with Ga content with maximum magnetostriction near x=0.19. Here, we present magnetoelastic coefficients measured by the cantilever method on Fe1-xGax thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy on GaAs(001). We find that Ga-dependent magnetoelastic coefficients in nanometer thin films are comparable in magnitude to the respective bulk values. Moreover, we compare thin films with a tetragonal structure due to a slightly preferential alignment of Ga pairs along the growth direction with and a cubic structure. It turns out that magnetoelastic coefficients are unaffected by a preferential alignment of Ga pairs along the growth direction.