Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-11-2014
Abstract
A novel physical phenomenon has been observed that resembles a large asymmetric switchinglike magnetoresistance at low applied fields in bulk metamagnetic Heusler alloys. A thermally activated isothermal forward metamagnetic transition with a signature of a pronounced time-dependent relaxation was observed in a bulk B-substituted off-stoichiometric Ni-Mn-In Heusler alloy, whereas the reverse metamagnetic transition exhibited the usual athermal behavior with no thermal activation. The asymmetry between the forward and reverse metamagnetic transitions resulted in a large switchinglike, low-field magnetoresistance (∼16% for a field change of B = 0 → 0.25 T at T = 304 K) in the bulk Heusler alloys, Ni50Mn35In15-xBx (1 ≤ x ≤ 2). © 2014 American Physical Society.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Recommended Citation
Samanta, T., Us Saleheen, A., Lepkowski, D., Shankar, A., Dubenko, I., Quetz, A., Khan, M., Ali, N., & Stadler, S. (2014). Asymmetric switchinglike behavior in the magnetoresistance at low fields in bulk metamagnetic Heusler alloys. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 90 (6) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.064412