Magnetic properties and first-order magnetic phase transition in single crystal FeRh thin film

作者：Lu Wei^*; Wang Yuxin; Yan Biao; Suzuki Takao

来源：Journal of Materials Science, 2010, 45(18): 4919-4923.

DOI：10.1007/s10853-010-4206-0

To understand the mechanism of first-order magnetic phase transition in ordered FeRh thin films, the magnetic properties and first-order antiferromagnetic (AFM)-ferromagnetic (FM) phase transition behavior of single-crystal FeRh thin film are investigated in detail. The first-order magnetic phase transition is seen at a temperature of around 120 A degrees C during heating and 145 A degrees C cooling processes in perpendicular direction. The M-H loops measured isothermally amidst the AFM-FM transition regime show an opening at high magnetic field, which indicate a reversible AFM-FM transition induced by magnetic field. The clusters of the FM phase nucleate in the AFM matrix heterogeneously and vice versa during the first-order phase transition and the mechanism of nucleation and growth kinetics of the first-order magnetic phase transition in ordered FeRh thin film is quite similar to that of the crystallization of solids described by the Avrami model.

• 出版日期2010-9
• 单位同济大学