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中国物理学会期刊

费米能级调控半金属Co基Heusler合金的磁致伸缩效应

Magnetostriction in fermi-level-tuned half-metallic Co-based Heusler alloys

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  • 本文通过第一性原理计算与实验研究相结合,系统分析了半金属Heusler合金Co2FeAlxSi1-x中费米能级调控对自旋极化率与磁致伸缩性能的协同影响机制。结果表明,通过Al/Si原子互替可有效调控费米能级在少数自旋准带隙中的位置,当费米能级位于准带隙中心(x≈0.5)时,体系同时呈现最高的本征自旋极化率与最大的饱和磁致伸缩系数λs。变温磁致伸缩测量显示,各组分的λs随温度的变化均良好的遵循Bloch T3/2定律,表明自旋波的热激发是磁致伸缩性能随温度衰减的主要机制之一。其中,中间组分的磁致伸缩衰减系数β显著低于两端组分,表现出优异的温度稳定性,这可归因于费米能级位于少数自旋准带隙中心所带来的自旋极化稳定性提升,从而减弱了自旋波热激发对磁弹响应的影响。通过分析表明,该电子结构下SOC对磁晶各向异性能的有效调制作用增强是连接自旋与晶格自由度,从而实现强磁弹耦合的关键微观机制。本工作从电子结构角度揭示了自旋极化率与磁致伸缩的内在关联,为设计兼具高自旋极化率与强磁弹性能的多功能Heusler合金材料提供了新的思路和理论依据。

    Magnetostriction and spin polarization are two fundamental yet typically uncorrelated properties of magnetic materials. While magnetostriction reflects the strength of magnetoelastic coupling, spin polarization is determined by the spin-resolved electronic states near the Fermi level. Establishing a link between these two properties remains a significant challenge. In this work, we demonstrate that Fermi-level engineering in Co2FeAlxSi1-x Heusler alloys provides an effective route to simultaneously enhance spin polarization, magnetostriction and temperature stability. First-principles calculations reveal that Co2FeAlxSi1-x exhibits a strongly suppressed density of states in the minority-spin channel near the Fermi level across the entire composition range, characteristic of a minority-spin pseudogap. With increasing Al/Si ratio, the Fermi level shifts continuously from the lower edge of the pseudogap (x=1) to the upper edge (x=0), and resides close to the center of the pseudogap at x≈0.5. This electronic configuration leads to the highest calculated spin polarization and the maximum magnetostriction coefficient, both showing pronounced non-monotonic composition dependence. Polycrystalline samples with x=0-1 were synthesized to verify these predictions. Room-temperature magnetostriction measurements confirm that the saturation magnetostriction λs peaks at x≈0.5, in excellent agreement with theoretical calculations. Temperature-dependent measurements (80-300 K) show that the magnetostriction of all compositions follows the Bloch T3/2 law, indicating that thermal excitation of spin waves is one of the primary mechanisms responsible for the temperature-induced reduction of magnetostriction. The extracted decay constant β is significantly reduced for intermediate compositions compared with the end-member alloys, and the low-temperature enhancement ratio R is also markedly smaller in this composition range, reflecting superior magnetostriction stability against thermal excitations. This enhanced stability can be attributed to the improved stability of spin polarization when the Fermi level resides near the center of the minority-spin pseudogap, which in turn weakens the impact of thermally excited spin waves on the magnetoelastic response. Further analysis indicates that the enhanced effectiveness of spin–orbit-coupling-induced modulation of magnetocrystalline anisotropy in this electronic configuration constitutes the key microscopic mechanism linking spin and lattice degrees of freedom, thereby enabling strong magnetoelastic coupling. These results establish an electronic-structure-based mechanism linking magnetostriction and spin polarization and provide a design principle for multifunctional Heusler materials with coupled magnetic and magnetoelastic performance.

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