High spin polarization of the anomalous Hall current in Co-based Heusler compounds

Abstract

Based on first principles density functional calculations of the intrinsic anomalous and spin Hall conductivities, we predict that the charge Hall current in Co-based full Heusler compounds Co${}_2$XZ (X = Cr and Mn; Z = Al, Si, Ga, Ge, In and Sn) except Co${}_2$CrGa would be almost fully spin-polarized even although Co${}_2$MnAl, Co${}_2$MnGa, Co${}_2$MnIn and Co${}_2$MnSn do not have a half-metallic band structure. Furthermore, the ratio of the associated spin current to the charge Hall current is slightly larger than 1.0. This suggests that these Co-based Heusler compounds, especially Co${}_2$MnAl, Co${}_2$MnGa and Co${}_2$MnIn which are found to have large anomalous and spin Hall conductivities, might be called anomalous Hall half-metals and could have valuable applications in spintronics such as spin valves as well as magnetoresistive and spin-torque driven nanodevices. These interesting findings are discussed in terms of the calculated electronic band structures, magnetic moments and also anomalous and spin Hall conductivities as a function of the Fermi level.

Accepted for publication in New Journal of Physics

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