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Mn_{0.8} Fe_{0.2} NiGe合金的类自旋玻璃基态和交换偏置观察

Spin glass like ground state and observation of exchange bias in Mn_{0.8}Fe_{0.2}NiGe alloy

P. Dutta, S. Pramanick, D. Venkateshwarlu, V. Ganesan, S. Majumdar, D. Das, S. Chatterjee

摘要:

通过直流磁化强度和热容测量研究了名义成分为Mn_{0.8} Fe_{0.2} NiGe的六方等原子合金的基态磁性。该合金在140 K以下发生一级马氏体相变,同时从高温顺磁相发展出长程铁磁有序。未掺杂的化合物MnNiGe具有反铁磁的基态,并且在室温以上显示出类似马氏体的结构不稳定性。在Mn位掺杂Fe不仅降低了马氏体相变温度,而且在样品中诱导了铁磁性。我们的研究提出了两个重要方面的样品,namley(i)在低温下的交换偏置的观察,和(ii)自旋玻璃般的基态,普遍低于马氏体和磁性转变点。除了所观察到的通常的弛豫行为的自旋玻璃状态被证实由零场冷却记忆实验,从而表明合作冻结的自旋和/或自旋团簇,而不是不相关的动力学的超顺磁性像自旋团簇。我们认为,掺杂无序可以在铁磁背景中产生反铁磁团簇岛,这些反铁磁团簇岛可以产生界面阻挫和交换钉扎,从而产生自旋玻璃效应和交换偏置效应。与掺杂的稀土锰氧化物进行比较,其中类似的相分离可以导致玻璃态基态。

英文摘要:

The ground-state magnetic properties of hexagonal equiatomic alloy of nominal composition Mn_{0.8}Fe_{0.2}NiGe were investigated through dc magnetization and heat capacity measurements. The alloy undergoes first order martensitic transition below 140 K with simultaneous development of long range ferromagnetic ordering from the high temperature paramagnetic phase. The undoped compound MnNiGe has an antiferromagnetic ground state and it shows martensitic like structural instability well above room temperature. Fe doping at the Mn site not only brings down the martensitic transition temperature, it also induces ferromagnetism in the sample. Our study brings out two important aspects regarding the sample, namley (i) the observation of exchange bias at low temperature, and (ii) spin glass like ground state which prevails below the martensitic and magnetic transition points. In addition to the observed usual relaxation behavior the spin glass state is confirmed by zero field cooled memory experiment, thereby indicating cooperative freezing of spin and/or spin clusters rather than uncorrelated dynamics of superparamagnetic like spin clusters. We believe that doping disorder can give rise to some islands of antiferromagnetic clusters in the otherwise ferromagnetic background which can produce interfacial frustration and exchange pinning responsible for spin glass and exchange bias effect. A comparison is made with doped rare-earth manganites where similar phase separation can lead to glassy ground state.

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