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Mn3-xFexSn2磁性结构的实验和理论研究

Magnetic structures of Mn3-xFexSn2: an experimental and theoretical study

Q. Recour, V. Ban, Z. Gercsi, T. Mazet, M. Francois, B. Malaman

摘要:

利用中子粉末衍射实验和电子结构计算研究了Mn 3-xFexSn 2的磁结构。这些合金以正交Ni 3Sn 2型结构(Pnma)结晶,并且包含过渡金属原子的两个不等价位点(4c和8d)和两个Sn位点(4c和4c)。中子数据表明,取代的Fe原子主要占据4c过渡金属位置,并且具有比Mn原子低的磁矩。作为温度和成分的函数,遇到了四种磁性结构:两种简单的铁磁结构(磁矩指向b或c轴)和两种倾斜的铁磁结构(铁磁分量指向b或c轴)。电子结构的计算结果与低温实验磁矩和倾斜角在整个系列中吻合得很好。共线和非共线计算之间的比较表明,倾斜状态是稳定的带机制,通过开放的杂化间隙。Mn 3Sn 2的同步辐射粉末衍射实验表明,在低温(90.08度,在175 K)弱单斜畸变。这种对称性的降低可以解释c轴倾斜铁磁结构的稳定性,它混合了两个正交磁空间群,这种情况下,否则需要在自旋哈密顿量中异常大的高阶项。

英文摘要:

We investigate the magnetic structure of Mn3-xFexSn2 using neutron powder diffraction experiments and electronic structure calculations. These alloys crystallize in the orthorhombic Ni3Sn2 type of structure (Pnma) and comprise two inequivalent sites for the transition metal atoms (4c and 8d) and two Sn sites (4c and 4c). The neutron data show that the substituting Fe atoms predominantly occupy the 4c transition metal site and carry a lower magnetic moment than Mn atoms. Four kinds of magnetic structures are encountered as a function of temperature and composition: two simple ferromagnetic structures (with the magnetic moments pointing along the b or c axis) and two canted ferromagnetic arrangements (with the ferromagnetic component pointing along the b or c axis). Electronic structure calculations results agree well with the low-temperature experimental magnetic moments and canting angles throughout the series. Comparisons between collinear and non-collinear computations show that the canted state is stabilized by a band mechanism through the opening of a hybridization gap. Synchrotron powder diffraction experiments on Mn3Sn2 reveal a weak monoclinic distortion at low temperature (90.08 deg at 175 K). This lowering of symmetry could explain the stabilization of the c-axis canted ferromagnetic structure, which mixes two orthorhombic magnetic space groups, a circumstance that would otherwise require unusually large high-order terms in the spin Hamiltonian.

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