Growth of [001]-oriented polycrystalline Heusler alloy thin films using [001]-textured Ag buffer layer on thermally oxidized Si substrate for spintronics applications

Dolly Taparia, Taisuke T. Sasaki, Tomoya Nakatani +3

To utilize half-metallic Heusler alloys in practical spintronic devices, such as magnetic sensors and magnetic memories, the key is to realize highly textured and structurally orde…