Anisotropy of the magnetoresistance in Gd5Si2Ge 2

H. Tang, V. K. Pecharsky, G. D. Samolyuk, M. Zou, K. A. Gschneidner, V. P. Antropov, D. L. Schlagel, T. A. Lograsso

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Abstract

The anisotropy of the magnetoresistance of single crystalline Gd 5Si2Ge2 was investigated. The first principles calculations demonstrate that a structural modification is responsible for the anisotropy of the magnetoresistance. The absolute values measured along the [100] and [010] directions exceed those parallel to the [001] direction by more than 60%. The observed magnetoresistance of single crystalline Gd 5Si2Ge2 was found to be negative and strongly anisotropic.

Original languageEnglish
Article number237203
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume93
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 3 2004
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was supported by the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences Division of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. W-7405-ENG-82. G. D. S. and V. P. A. thank M. van Schilfgaarde for useful discussion and providing his TB LMTO code.

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