Ferromagnetic resonance in nanotwinned Ni–Mn–Ga film undergoing martensitic transformation

The ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) in the shape memory alloys (SMAs) exhibiting structural cubic-tetragonal phase transition has been studied. The influence of instability and spatial inhomogeneity of crystal lattice on the FMR spectra of twinned ferromagnetic SMAs films has been analyzed using statistical model of ferromagnetic martensite. It has been shown that the abnormally strong temperature dependence of lattice parameters of martensitic film gives a noticeable contribution to the temperature dependence of the resonance value of external magnetic field. The narrowing of the resonance peak, which had been experimentally observed on cooling of the film slightly below the Curie temperature, has been explained. It is argued that the martensitic films are good candidates for the experimental study of local elastic strains influence on the shape of the FMR peak.