Exploration of MnPt Heterostructures for Spintronics and Beyond.

My research focuses on growth and characterization of multilayered thin films with applications in superconductivity, spintronics, and quantum systems. With recent discoveries in new magnetic phenomenon, there are many material candidates that need to be studied to fully understand their potential. It is very important to study various heterostructures which can exhibit exotic behavior. We also look for other emergent phenomenon including superconductivity, quasiparticles, and spin textures to study how the emerging behavior interact. I am currently optimizing thin film fabrication and characterization to study the behavior of Mn Pt which can have a non-collinear structure with Mn3Pt that can be pinned by a collinear MnPt layer creating an all-antiferromagnetic tunnel junction. Sample fabrication will be prepared through deposition by sputtering of manganese and platinum onto starter material to obtain MnPt and Mn3Pt layers with the appropriate strain within the atomic structure ideal for tunnel junctions. I will characterize our samples using XRD and PPMS to analyze the hysteresis curves and study the Hall effect. I hope to add a superconducting layer of niobium and study the density of states at the interface, measuring the spin polarization and Andreev Reflections as well. My future work will emphasize categorizing materials and enabling AI assisted workflows to identify candidates and experiments that expose altermagnetic and emergent behavior of materials for quantum applications.