Giant negative magnetoresistance and kinetic arrest of first-order ferrimagnetic-antiferomagnetic transition in Ge doped Mn$_2$Sb

Vikram Singh; R Rawat; Pallavi Kushwaha

doi:10.1063/1.5097020

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Giant negative magnetoresistance and kinetic arrest of first-order ferrimagnetic-antiferomagnetic transition in Ge doped Mn $_{2}$ Sb

arXiv:1901.00442 · doi:10.1063/1.5097020

Abstract

Effect of Ge substitution on first order ferrimagnetic (FRI) - antiferromagnetic (AFM) transition in Mn $_{2}$ Sb has been studied. It shows that transition temperature (T $_{t}$ ) can be tuned between 119~K - 271~K by substituting 2.5-10\% Ge at Sb site in Mn $_{2}$ Sb. The variation of density of state at Fermi level N(E $_{f}$ ) with Ge substitution shows that dN(E)/dE is positive at E $_{f}$ in the AFM state. With the application of magnetic field T $_{t}$ shifts to low temperature, which results in a giant negative magnetoresistance (MR) reaching a value of 70\% for 2.5\% substitution. Our results show that FRI to AFM transformation during cooling stops around 35 K, even though it remains incomplete. It along with non-monotonic variation of lower critical field, open loop in isothermal MR and increasing difference in zero field cooled warming (ZFCW) and field cooled warming (FCW) resistivity with increasing magnetic field shows that FRI to AFM transition is kinetically arrested in the case of 2.5\% Ge substitution.

Giant negative magnetoresistance and kinetic arrest of first-order ferrimagnetic-antiferomagnetic transition in Ge doped Mn $_{2}$ Sb

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Giant negative magnetoresistance and kinetic arrest of first-order ferrimagnetic-antiferomagnetic transition in Ge doped Mn2​Sb

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Giant negative magnetoresistance and kinetic arrest of first-order ferrimagnetic-antiferomagnetic transition in Ge doped Mn $_{2}$ Sb