Electronic structure and magnetic properties of the half-metallic ferrimagnet Mn2VAl probed by soft x-ray spectroscopies
Abstract
We have studied the electronic structure of ferrimagnetic Mn2VAl single crystals by means of soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), x-ray absorption magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD), and resonant soft x-ray inelastic scattering (RIXS). We have successfully observed the XMCD signals for all the constituent elements. The Mn L2 ,3 XAS and XMCD spectra are reproduced by spectral simulations based on density-functional theory, indicating the itinerant character of the Mn 3 d states. On the other hand, the V 3 d electrons are rather localized since the ionic model can qualitatively explain the V L2 ,3 XAS and XMCD spectra. This picture is consistent with local d d excitations revealed by the V L3 RIXS.
- Publication:
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Physical Review B
- Pub Date:
- January 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.035143
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1705.10027
- Bibcode:
- 2018PhRvB..97c5143N
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
- E-Print:
- 9 pages, 9 figures