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Magnetic order in the random-field Ising film Fe{sub 0.52}Zn{sub 0.48}F{sub 2}

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter
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  1. Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064 (United States)
  2. Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 (United States)
  3. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, Malibu, California 90265 (United States)
  4. Centro Atomico Bariloche, 8400 Bariloche, Rio Negro (Argentina)
  5. Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0319 (United States)
The extinction-free neutron scattering for a 3.4 {mu}m epitaxial film of the dilute antiferromagnet Fe{sub 0.52}Zn{sub 0.48}F{sub 2} has been studied near the (100) antiferromagnetic Bragg point. For the {ital H}=0 Bragg scattering we observe the random-exchange Ising model behavior {ital I}{approximately}{vert_bar}{ital t}{vert_bar}{sup 2{beta}} with {beta}=0.35. For 0{lt}{ital H}{le}4.5 T the random-field Ising peak intensity vs{ital T} has the opposite curvature from the {ital H}=0 case near {ital T}{sub {ital c}}({ital H}). We argue that this has to do with the formation of two weakly interacting, interpenetrating, antiferromagnetically ordered domains with interfaces primarily falling on vacancy sites. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400; FG03-87ER45324
OSTI ID:
286676
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 54; ISSN 0163-1829; ISSN PRBMDO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English