Balluff, Jan: Ab initio to application: antiferromagnetic Heusler compounds for spintronics. 2017
Inhalt
- Contents
- Introduction
- Fundamentals
- Theoretical Methods
- Density Functional Theory (DFT)
- Hohenberg-Kohn Theorems
- Kohn-Sham Ansatz
- Approximations
- Magnetism in DFT
- DFT of Solids: Periodic Boundary Conditions
- DFT Implementations
- Calculation of Transition Temperatures
- Sample Preparation and Analysis
- Thin Film Deposition
- Composition Analysis
- X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy
- Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy
- Rutherford Backscattering and ICP-OES
- Structural Analysis
- Magnetic Analysis
- X-ray Absorption Techniques
- Lithography
- Screening for Novel Antiferromagnetic Heusler Compounds
- AFLOWLib
- Phase Stability
- Magnetic Ground State
- Néel Temperature Estimation
- Prediction of Antiferromagnetic Heusler Compounds
- Limitations and Extensions
- Antiferromagnetic Heusler Compound Ru2MnGe
- Preparation
- Exchange Bias in Ru2MnGe / Fe bilayers
- Improving Effect Size
- Integration of Ru2MnGe into Spintronic Devices
- Perpendicular Ferrimagnet Mn3Ge
- Summary and Outlook
- Antiferromagnetic Unit Cells
- Convergence Tests
- Antiferromagnetic Heusler Compounds: Detailed Results
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements