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超导体YTiO $_3$的铁磁性和晶格畸变

Ferromagnetism and Lattice Distortions in the Perovskite YTiO$_3$

W. Knafo, C. Meingast, H. v. Löhneysen, A. V. Boris, P. Popovich, N. N. Kovaleva, P. Yordanov, A. Maljuk, R. K. Kremer, B. Keimer

摘要:

通过热膨胀、磁致伸缩、比热和磁化强度的测量研究了铁磁钙钛矿型YTiO $_3$的热力学性质。低温自旋波对比热的贡献,以及居里温度$T_C\simeq27$ K附近的磁化强度的Arrott图,与三维海森堡铁磁性模型一致。然而,磁对热膨胀的贡献仍然远高于$T_C$,这与典型的三维海森堡铁磁体形成对比,如与相应的模型系统EuS的比较所示。使用热力学关系提取了$T_C$和自发矩$M_s$的压力依赖性。结果表明,单轴压力$\mathbf{p}\parallel \mathbf{a}$使铁磁性增强,单轴压力$\mathbf{p}\parallel \mathbf{b},\mathbf{c}$和静水压力使铁磁性减弱。我们的研究结果表明,沿$a$ -和$b$ -轴的扭曲进一步增加的磁性转变,确认铁磁性是有利于一个大的GdFeO $_3$型失真。然而,c轴的结果并不适合这个简单的图片,这可能是由一个额外的磁致弹性效应,可能与Jahn-Teller失真解释。

英文摘要:

The thermodynamic properties of the ferromagnetic perovskite YTiO$_3$ are investigated by thermal expansion, magnetostriction, specific heat, and magnetization measurements. The low-temperature spin-wave contribution to the specific heat, as well as an Arrott plot of the magnetization in the vicinity of the Curie temperature $T_C\simeq27$ K, are consistent with a three-dimensional Heisenberg model of ferromagnetism. However, a magnetic contribution to the thermal expansion persists well above $T_C$, which contrasts with typical three-dimensional Heisenberg ferromagnets, as shown by a comparison with the corresponding model system EuS. The pressure dependences of $T_C$ and of the spontaneous moment $M_s$ are extracted using thermodynamic relationships. They indicate that ferromagnetism is strengthened by uniaxial pressures $\mathbf{p}\parallel \mathbf{a}$ and is weakened by uniaxial pressures $\mathbf{p}\parallel \mathbf{b},\mathbf{c}$ and hydrostatic pressure. Our results show that the distortion along the $a$- and $b$-axes is further increased by the magnetic transition, confirming that ferromagnetism is favored by a large GdFeO$_3$-type distortion. The c-axis results however do not fit into this simple picture, which may be explained by an additional magnetoelastic effect, possibly related to a Jahn-Teller distortion.

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