Magnetic field induced discontinuous spin reorientation in ErFeO{sub 3} single crystal

Shen, Hui; Cheng, Zhenxiang; Hong, Fang; Wang, Xiaolin; Xu, Jiayue; Yuan, Shujuan; Cao, Shixun

doi:10.1063/1.4829468

Title: Magnetic field induced discontinuous spin reorientation in ErFeO{sub 3} single crystal

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The spin reorientation of ErFeO{sub 3} that spontaneously occurs at low temperature has been previously determined to be a process involving the continuous rotation of Fe{sup 3+} spins. In this work, the dynamic process of spin reorientation in ErFeO{sub 3} single crystal has been investigated by AC susceptibility measurements at various frequencies and static magnetic fields. Interestingly, two completely discontinuous steps are induced by a relatively large static magnetic field due to the variation in the magnetic anisotropy during this process. It provides deeper insights into the intriguing magnetic exchange interactions which dominate the sophisticated magnetic phase transitions in the orthoferrite systems.

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Shen, Hui ^[1]; Cheng, Zhenxiang; Hong, Fang; Wang, Xiaolin ^[2]; Xu, Jiayue ^[1]; Yuan, Shujuan; Cao, Shixun ^[3]

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418 (China)
Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, NSW 2500 (Australia)
Department of Physics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444 (China)

Publication Date:: Mon Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2013

OSTI Identifier:: 22254122

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Applied Physics Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 103; Journal Issue: 19; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; IRON IONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MONOCRYSTALS; SPIN

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                    Shen, Hui, Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, NSW 2500, Cheng, Zhenxiang, Hong, Fang, Wang, Xiaolin, Xu, Jiayue, Yuan, Shujuan, and Cao, Shixun. Magnetic field induced discontinuous spin reorientation in ErFeO{sub 3} single crystal.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
        Web.  doi:10.1063/1.4829468.

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                    Shen, Hui, Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, NSW 2500, Cheng, Zhenxiang, Hong, Fang, Wang, Xiaolin, Xu, Jiayue, Yuan, Shujuan, & Cao, Shixun. Magnetic field induced discontinuous spin reorientation in ErFeO{sub 3} single crystal.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4829468

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                    Shen, Hui, Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, NSW 2500, Cheng, Zhenxiang, Hong, Fang, Wang, Xiaolin, Xu, Jiayue, Yuan, Shujuan, and Cao, Shixun. 2013.  
        "Magnetic field induced discontinuous spin reorientation in ErFeO{sub 3} single crystal".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4829468.

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@article{osti_22254122,

  title        = {Magnetic field induced discontinuous spin reorientation in ErFeO{sub 3} single crystal},

  author       = {Shen, Hui and Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, NSW 2500 and Cheng, Zhenxiang and Hong, Fang and Wang, Xiaolin and Xu, Jiayue and Yuan, Shujuan and Cao, Shixun},

  abstractNote = {The spin reorientation of ErFeO{sub 3} that spontaneously occurs at low temperature has been previously determined to be a process involving the continuous rotation of Fe{sup 3+} spins. In this work, the dynamic process of spin reorientation in ErFeO{sub 3} single crystal has been investigated by AC susceptibility measurements at various frequencies and static magnetic fields. Interestingly, two completely discontinuous steps are induced by a relatively large static magnetic field due to the variation in the magnetic anisotropy during this process. It provides deeper insights into the intriguing magnetic exchange interactions which dominate the sophisticated magnetic phase transitions in the orthoferrite systems.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4829468},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22254122},
  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},

  issn         = {0003-6951},

  number       = 19,

  volume       = 103,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2013},

  month        = {Mon Nov 04 00:00:00 EST 2013}

}

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