Enhanced giant magnetoresistance in Ni-doped antipervoskite compounds GaCMn3-xNix(x=0.05,0.10).

We report an enhanced negative giant magnetoresistance (GMR) with larger temperature span in Ni-doped antipervoskite compounds GaCMn3-xNix. The observed GMR can peak at ∼75% (at 85 kOe) and exceed 60% (at 50 kOe) over a temperature span of approximate 110 and 50K for x=0.05 and 0.10, respectively. Compared with the parent GaCMn3, the well-enhanced GMR in Ni-doped samples is suggested to be associated with the partially suppressed antiferromagnetic (AFM) ground state, which favors the transition from the high-resistivity AFM state to the low-resistivity canted ferromagnetic state under an external magnetic field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]