Incommensurate spin density wave and magnetocaloric effect in the metallic triangular lattice HoAl2Ge2

Gao, Fei; Sheng, Jieming; Ren, Weijun; Zhang, Qiang; Luo, Xiaohua; Qi, Ji; Cong, Mengru; Li, Bing; Wu, Liusuo; Zhang, Zhidong

doi:10.1103/physrevb.106.134426

Incommensurate spin density wave and magnetocaloric effect in the metallic triangular lattice HoAl₂Ge₂

Journal Article · Fri Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Physical Review. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.106.134426· OSTI ID:1896965

Gao, Fei ^[1]; Sheng, Jieming ^[2]; ^[1]; ^[3]; ^[4]; Qi, Ji ^[1]; Cong, Mengru ^[1]; ^[1]; Wu, Liusuo ^[2]; ^[1]

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenyang (China); Univ. of Science and Technology, Shenyang (China)
Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen (China)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou (China)

Here, we report the magnetic structure and the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) of the ternary compound HoAl₂Ge₂ with a trigonal CaAl₂Si₂-type crystal structure. A neutron powder diffraction experiment reveals that HoAl₂Ge₂ exhibits an incommensurate spin density wave (SDW) with a propagation vector k=(0.23,0,0.06). The special arrangement of magnetic moments in HoAl₂Ge₂ induces interesting physical phenomena and large magnetocaloric effects. The rise in resistivity at low temperatures indicates the effect of the SDW state in the electronic transport. The maximum magnetic-entropy change is –16.1J/kg K under a magnetic field change of 0–70 kOe for an isotropic HoAl₂Ge₂ powder and it increases to –17.9J/kg K for a single crystal when the magnetic field (H) is applied parallel to the ab plane. A large rotating magnetic-entropy change of –5.1J/kg K for H=20 kOe in a HoAl₂Ge₂ single crystal is obtained, which is closely associated to the magnetic anisotropy of the SDW order and its response to the external magnetic field. We discuss the large MCE in terms of the field-induced metamagnetic transition from the incommensurate SDW order to the ferromagnetic order. Our study establishes the triangular lattice R Al₂Ge₂ (R=rare-earth elements) as a unique family of compounds to explore the existence of the incommensurate spin density waves and the correlated physical properties.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Ministry of Science and Technology of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1896965

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Journal Name: Physical Review. B Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 106; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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