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表面和界面对半金属Co $_2$ MnSn的电、磁和间隙相关性质的影响

Effect of surfaces and interfaces on the electronic, magnetic and gap-related properties of the half-metal Co$_2$MnSn

I. Galanakis

摘要:

我们提出了最先进的电子结构计算的Co $_2$ MnSn全Heusler合金。我们表明,在其散装形式,它是一个半金属铁磁体的费米能级位于少数自旋态密度的一个微小的差距。此外,该合金显示出Slater Pauling行为,其总自旋磁矩在5 $μ_B$的晶胞中。在(001)表面的情况下,表面处的断裂键形成精确地钉扎在费米能级处的少数带,破坏半金属性。我们的计算表明,无论是与非磁性金属V和半导体InAs的界面是没有更多的半金属,由于在界面处的半金属原子的不同环境。这些界面态虽然仅局限于前几个界面层,但当耦合到缺陷态时可以变成导电的,并且杀死从半金属注入到半导体或非磁性金属间隔物中的电流的自旋极化。

英文摘要:

We present state-of-the-art electronic structure calculations for the Co$_2$MnSn full-Heusler alloy. We show that in its bulk form it is a half-metallic ferromagnet with the Fermi level being located within a tiny gap of the minority-spin density of states. Moreover the alloy shows the Slater-Pauling behavior with a total spin magnetic moment in the unit cell of 5 $μ_B$. In the case of the (001) surfaces, the broken bonds at the surface form a minority band pinned exactly at the Fermi level destroying the half-metallicity. Our calculations reveal that both the interfaces with the non-magnetic metal V and the semiconductor InAs are no more half-metallic due to the different environment of the atoms of the half-metal at the interface. These interface states although localized only at the first few interface layers can become conducting when coupled to defect states and kill the spin-polarization of the current injected from the half-metal into the semiconductor or the non-magnetic metallic spacer.

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