Multifunctional L10-Mn1.5Ga films with ultrahigh coercivity, giant perpendicular magnetocrystalline anisotropy and large magnetic energy product

TL;DR

This paper reports on L10-Mn1.5Ga epitaxial films exhibiting ultrahigh coercivity, giant magnetocrystalline anisotropy, and large magnetic energy product, making them promising for advanced magnetic storage and spintronic devices.

Contribution

The study introduces noble-metal-free, rare-earth-free L10-Mn1.5Ga films with tunable magnetic properties and high performance at room temperature, suitable for various high-density and stable magnetic applications.

Findings

Ultrahigh perpendicular coercivity up to 42.8 kOe

Giant perpendicular magnetocrystalline anisotropy of 22.9 Merg/cc

Large magnetic energy product of 2.6 MGOe

Abstract

We present the fascinating magnetic properties in homogenous noble-metal-free and rare-earth-free L10-Mn1.5Ga epitaxial films on GaAs (001), including ultrahigh perpendicular coercivity remarkably tunable from 8.1 to 42.8 kOe, giant perpendicular magnetocrystalline anisotropy with a maximum of 22.9 Merg/cc, easily controllable magnetization from 27.3 to 270.5 emu/cc, excellent squareness exceeding 0.94 and large magnetic energy product up to 2.6 MGOe. These magnificent room-temperature magnetic characteristics make our L10-Mn1.5Ga films multifunctional as outstanding and cost-effective alternative for not only perpendicular magnetic recording bits with areal density over 30 Tb inch-2 and thermal stability over 60 years, but variety of novel devices with high magnetic-noise immunity and thermal stability like spin-torque MRAMs and oscillators pillars below 5 nm in dimension, and giant magnetoresistance sensors able to measure high fileds up to 42 kOe . Moreover, this kind of materials can also be expected as permanent magnets for replacing the expensive rare-earth magnets widely used today.