The features of Ni2MnIn polycrystalline Heusler alloy thin films formation by pulsed laser deposition

Abstract

The Ni-Mn-In-based Heusler alloys belong to the most studied intermetallic compounds due to a variety of physical effects inherent to them, including the shape memory and magnetocaloric effect, field-induced structural phase transition, and others. All of these properties are strongly depend on element concentrations, uniformity, and purity of the structure. Therefore, rather strict requirements are imposed on the synthesis technology of such samples.

Keywords

• composition transfer
• intermetallic films
• martensitic transition
• co-deposition
• laser ablation