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HoFeO $_3$磁结构的单晶极化中子衍射研究

Single crystal polarized neutron diffraction study of the magnetic structure of HoFeO$_3$

T. Chatterji, A. Stunault, P. J. Brown

摘要:

在[001]和[100]两个方向磁化的HoFeO $_3$单晶上进行了极化中子衍射测量($Pbnm$设置)。在T = 70 K时,用平行于[001]的高场H = 9 T,在T = 5、15、25 K时,用平行于[100]的低场H = 0.5 T,测量了布拉格反射强度的偏振依赖性。利用在9 T中测量的$hk0$反射,平行于[001]的感应磁化的傅立叶投影表明,几乎所有的感应磁化都是由于Ho矩的排列。对这些数据中的一般反射的不对称性的进一步分析表明,尽管在70 K下,平行于[001]施加的9 T几乎不扰动Fe亚晶格的反铁磁有序,但它在$x\mhyphen y$平面中诱导了显著的Ho亚晶格的反铁磁有序,并且反铁磁磁矩分量与诱导的铁磁磁矩分量具有相同的数量级。在低温$Γ_2$结构中测量到的强强度不对称性,具有较低的场,0.5 T $\parallel$ [100]允许遵循Ho和Fe矩的有序分量的变化。它们的绝对取向,在180 \degree \域稳定的领域被确定相对于扭曲的钙钛矿结构,。这种关系确定了导致弱铁磁性的Dzyalshinski-Moriya(D-M)相互作用的符号。我们的研究结果表明,强y轴各向异性的Ho矩和Ho-Fe交换相互作用的组合打破了结构的中心对称性,并可能导致铁电极化。

英文摘要:

Polarised neutron diffraction measurements have been made on HoFeO$_3$ single crystals magnetised in both the [001] and [100] directions ($Pbnm$ setting). The polarisation dependencies of Bragg reflection intensities were measured both with a high field of H = 9 T parallel to [001] at T = 70 K and with the lower field H = 0.5 T parallel to [100] at T = 5, 15, 25~K. A Fourier projection of magnetization induced parallel to [001], made using the $hk0$ reflections measured in 9~T, indicates that almost all of it is due to alignment of Ho moments. Further analysis of the asymmetries of general reflections in these data showed that although, at 70~K, 9~T applied parallel to [001] hardly perturbs the antiferromagnetic order of the Fe sublattices, it induces significant antiferromagnetic order of the Ho sublattices in the $x\mhyphen y$ plane, with the antiferromagnetic components of moment having the same order of magnitude as the induced ferromagnetic ones. Strong intensity asymmetries measured in the low temperature $Γ_2$ structure with a lower field, 0.5 T $\parallel$ [100] allowed the variation of the ordered components of the Ho and Fe moments to be followed. Their absolute orientations, in the 180\degree\ domain stabilised by the field were determined relative to the distorted perovskite structure,. This relationship fixes the sign of the Dzyalshinski-Moriya (D-M) interaction which leads to the weak ferromagnetism. Our results indicate that the combination of strong y-axis anisotropy of the Ho moments and Ho-Fe exchange interactions breaks the centrosymmetry of the structure and could lead to ferroelectric polarization.

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