Magnetic ordering in PrBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3{minus}{ital y}}Al{sub {ital y}}O{sub 6+{ital x}}

Journal Article · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.53.9382· OSTI ID:280199

Longmore, A; Boothroyd, A T; Changkang, C; Yongle, H ^[1]; Nutley, M P ^[2]; Andersen, N H; Casalta, H; Schleger, P ^[3]; Christensen, A N ^[4]

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1. Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford OX13PU (England)
2. Institut Laue-Langevin, 38042 Grenoble Cedex (France)
3. Department of Solid State Physics, Riso/ National Laboratory, DK-4000 Roskilde (Denmark)
4. Institute of Chemistry, University of Arhus, DK-8000 Arhus (Denmark)

The magnetic ordering in single crystals of PrBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 6+{ital x}} has been investigated by elastic neutron scattering over the full range of temperatures for reduced and oxygenated crystals. The crystals were grown in alumina crucibles and therefore contained dissolved aluminum on the Cu(1) site. Both aluminum and oxygen contents were analyzed in detail in order to establish their effects on the magnetic ordering. Our crystals exhibited Pr ordering and the two types of antiferromagnetic Cu ordering frequently reported in related compounds, but our results differ in several respects from previous studies. We observed three-dimensional (3D) collinear ordering of the Pr moments in the oxygenated crystal, with a finite correlation length of (34{plus_minus}3) A parallel to the {ital c} axis, but in contrast to earlier neutron scattering results, which tentatively placed the Pr moment as being parallel to the {ital c} axis, we find the moment to be aligned well away from the {ital c} axis, in agreement with recent {sup 170}Yb{sup 3+} M{umlt o}ssbauer spectroscopy results. Ridges of scattering indicative of 2D magnetic ordering were seen in both oxygenated and reduced crystals, though we believe different magnetic moments are responsible in each case. The Pr N{acute e}el temperatures were suppressed compared with those reported for nominally pure samples. We have observed a very small 3D-ordered moment on the Cu(1) site in the second type of Cu antiferromagnetic ordering (in the reduced crystal), but an ordered Cu(1) moment may not necessarily be a characteristic of this structure. Our results are discussed with reference to previous works, and in the light of the Al substitution. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

• OSTI ID: 280199
• Journal Information: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 14 Vol. 53; ISSN PRBMDO; ISSN 0163-1829
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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66 PHYSICS
ALUMINIUM
ANTIFERROMAGNETISM
BARIUM OXIDES
COPPER OXIDES
ELASTIC SCATTERING
HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS
MAGNETIC MOMENTS
MAGNETIC ORDERING
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
MONOCRYSTALS
NEUTRON DIFFRACTION
OXYGEN
PRASEODYMIUM OXIDES
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE