تقرير
Successive spin reorientation and rare earth ordering in Nd$_{0.5}$Dy$_{0.5}$FeO$_{3}$: Experimental and $Ab$-$initio$ investigations
| العنوان: | Successive spin reorientation and rare earth ordering in Nd$_{0.5}$Dy$_{0.5}$FeO$_{3}$: Experimental and $Ab$-$initio$ investigations |
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| المؤلفون: | Singh, Ankita, Rajput, Sarita, Balasubramanian, Padmanabhan, Anas, M., Damay, Francoise, Kumar, C. M. N., Eguchi, Gaku, Maitra, T., Malik, V. K. |
| المصدر: | Phys. Rev. B 102, 144432 (2020) |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | Condensed Matter |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| الوصف: | In present study, the magnetic structure and spin reorientation of mixed doped orthoferrite Nd$_{0.5}$Dy$_{0.5}$FeO$_3$ have been investigated. Similar to both parent compounds (NdFeO$_3$ and DyFeO$_3$), the magnetic structure of Fe$^{3+}$ belongs to ${\Gamma}_{4}$ irreducible representation (G$_{x}$, F$_{z}$) at room temperature. The experimental measurements confirmed the spin reorientation where magnetic structure of Fe$^{3+}$ changes from ${\Gamma}_{4}$ to ${\Gamma}_{2}$(F$_{x}$, G$_{z}$) between 75 and 20 \,K while maintaining G-type configuration. Such a gradual spin reorientation is unusual since the large single ion anisotropy of Dy$^{3+}$ ions causes an abrupt ${\Gamma}_{4}$${\rightarrow}$ ${\Gamma}_{1}$(G$_{y}$) spin reorientation in DyFeO$_3$. Between 20 and 10 \,K, the Fe$^{3+}$ magnetic structure is represented by ${\Gamma}_{2}$ (F$_{x}$, G$_{z}$). Unexpectedly, magnetic structure of Fe$^{3+}$ with ${\Gamma}_{4}$ representation re-emerges below 10\,K which also coincides with the development of rare-earth (Nd$^{3+}$/Dy$^{3+}$) magnetic ordering having C$_{y}$ configuration with magnetic moment of 1.8 ${\mu}_{B}$. The absence of any signature of second order phase transition in the specific heat confirms the role of $R$(Nd$^{3+}$/Dy$^{3+}$)-Fe$^{3+}$ exchange interaction in the observed "rare-earth ordering" unlike DyFeO$_3$ where Dy$^{3+}$ ordering takes place independently to the magnetic ordering of Fe$^{3+}$ magnetic structure. Our (DFT+U+SO) calculations show that the C-type arrangement of rare-earth ions (Nd$^{3+}$/Dy$^{3+}$) with ${\Gamma}_{2}$ configuration for Fe$^{3+}$ moments is the ground state whereas ${\Gamma}_{4}$ phase is energetically very close. Nd-Fe and Nd-Dy exchange interactions, estimated from DFT, are observed to have significant roles in the rare earth ordering and Fe spin reorientation corroborating our experimental results. Comment: 11 pages, 11 figures |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.144432 |
| URL الوصول: | http://arxiv.org/abs/1904.05837 |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsarx.1904.05837 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | arXiv |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.144432 |
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