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Low temperature spin waves in amorphous Fe/sub 90-x/Ni/sub x/Zr/sub 10/

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OSTI ID:5818054
Inelastic neutron scattering measurements have been performed on rapid-quenched ribbons of Fe/sub 90-x/Ni/sub x/Zr/sub 10/ (x = 1, 5, 10) to measure the small wave vector spin wave spectrum. At all three concentrations a quadratic dispersion relation typical of an isotropic ferromagnet is observed, but with anomalous properties at low temperatures. For x = 5 and 10 the excitations are found to broaden considerably for temperatures less than or equal to0.3 T/sub c/. For x = 1 the spin waves not only broaden for T less than or equal to0.5 T/sub c/, but the spin-wave energies decrease monotonically with decreasing temperature while a resolution-limited quasielastic component of the scattering develops. These results are consistent with a picture of competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions, with reentrant spin glass behavior evident if the frustration is sufficiently strong. 8 refs., 3 figs.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA); Maryland Univ., College Park (USA). Dept. of Physics; National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC (USA). Inst. for Materials Science and Engineering; Allied-Signal, Inc., Morristown, NJ (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
5818054
Report Number(s):
CONF-871126-5; ON: DE88001752
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English