Table 1 Relevant structural and ground-state magnetic properties of the Heusler compounds investigated in this work.
From: Ultrafast laser induced local magnetization dynamics in Heusler compounds
NiMnSb | Co2MnSi | Mn3Ga | Ni2MnGa | Co2FeSi | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Structural phase | C1b | L21 | D022 | L21 | L21 | ||||||
Lattice parameters (Å) | a = 5.90 | a = 5.64 | a = 3.77c = 7.16 | a = 5.81 | a = 5.64 | ||||||
Local Moments (μB) | X | Ni | +0.30 | Co | +1.05 | Mn(2,3) | +2.01 | Ni | +0.37 | Co | +1.23 |
Y | Mn | +3.62 | Mn | +2.91 | Mn(1) | −2.46 | Mn | +3.14 | Fe | +2.65 | |
Z | Sb | −0.05 | Si | −0.04 | Ga | −0.02 | Ga | −0.02 | Si | −0.01 | |
Total Moment/atom (μB) | 1.33 | 1.25 | 0.04 | 1.02 | 1.26 | ||||||
