Anomalous x-ray diffraction study of disorders in epitaxial films of the Heusler alloy, Co2MnGe

作者:Collins Brian A*; Zhong Yuncheng; Chu Yong S; He Liang; Tsui Frank
来源:Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 2007, 25(3): 999-1003.
DOI:10.1116/1.2720857

摘要

The authors report a study of structural and chemical disorders in a ternary combinatorial epitaxial film of Co(x)Mn(y)Gel(1-x-y) in the composition range that includes the Heusler alloy Co2MnGe, using microbeam anomalous x-ray diffraction techniques. The structural and chemical ordering of the alloy has been found to be extremely stable over a large composition range, while elemental site swapping and sublattice vacancies have been identified. A model of anomalous diffraction around the Co and Ge edges is presented and shown to make possible the identification and quantification of these disorders in an epitaxial film.

  • 出版日期2007-6