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AUTHOR
H-j Elmers
Temperature-Dependent Change of the Electronic Structure in the Kondo Lattice System $YbRh_{2}Si_{2}$
Seminar, Deutschland; Journal of physics / Condensed matter 00(00), 1-20 (2021). doi:10.1088/1361-648X/abe479
Epitaxial Mn2Au thin films for antiferromagnetic spintronics
Mn2Au is one of the few candidate materials for antiferromagnetic spintronics requiring ordered metals with a high Neel-temperature and strong spin–orbit coupling. We report the preparation of epitaxial Mn2Au thin films by rf-sputtering. Structural characterization by x-ray and electron diffraction demonstrates a high degree of atomic order and the temperature dependence of the resistivity is typical for a good metal. The magnetic properties of the samples are studied by the investigation of Mn2Au/Fe bilayers. Exchange bias effects are observed, which present strong evidence for antiferromagnetic order in the Mn2Au thin films. Small domains of 500 nm are visualized in the exchange coupled F…