ESOMAT 2009, 04003 (2009)
DOI: 10.1051/esomat/200904003

Structural and magnetic properties of Ni-Mn-Ga films sputter-deposited on cube-textured polycrystalline substrate

V.A. Chernenko^{1, 2}, P. Bassani³, R. Lopez Anton⁴, S. Besseghini³, J.M. Barandiaran¹, A. Tuissi³, I. Orue¹, P. Lazpita¹ and M. Ohtsuka<sup>5

1</sup>  University of Basque Country, Dept. Electricidad y Electronica, PO Box 644, E-48080, Bilbao, Spain
²  IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011, Bilbao, Spain
³  CNR-IENI, C.Promessi Sposi, 29, Lecco 23900, Italy
⁴  Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Dep.Física Aplicada,13071 Ciudad Real, Spain
⁵  IMRAM, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan

Vladimir.chernenko@gmail.com

Published online: 1 September 2009

Abstract
Texture, magnetic and micromagnetic properties of the martensitic thin films with different thicknesses prepared by magnetron sputtering of Ni₅₂Mn₂₄Ga₂₄ target on paramagnetic Ni-Cr-W cube-textured thin tape are studied. The films exhibit 220-fiber texture. The texture features together with a large magnetocrystalline anisotropy lead to the conclusion about particular domain structure.

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