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Investigation of phase transitions in multiferroics HΠΎFe3-xGax(BO3)4 and TbFe3-xGax(BO3)4 solid solution with huntite structure
RFBR funded the reported study according to the research project β 18-02-00754
Magnetic Phase Transitions in the NdFe_3(BO_3)_4 multiferroic
Low temperature studies of the behavior of the sound velocity and attenuation
of acoustic modes have been performed on a single crystal NdFe_3(BO_3)_4.
Transitions of the magnetic subsystem to the antiferromagnetically ordered
state at T_N \approx 30.6 K have been revealed in the temperature behavior of
the elastic characteristics. The features in the temperature behavior of
elastic characteristics of the neodymium ferroborate and its behavior in the
external magnetic field, applied in the basic plane of the crystal, permit us
to suppose that the transition to an incommensurate spiral phase is realized in
the system. This phase transition behaves as the first order one. H-T phase
diagrams for the cases H \parallel a and H \parallel b have been constructed.
The phenomenological theory, which explains observed features, has been
developed
Magnetization and specific heat of TbFe3(BO3)4: Experiment and crystal field calculations
We have studied the thermodynamic properties of single-crystalline
TbFe3(BO3)4. Magnetization measurements have been carried out as a function of
magnetic field (up to 50 T) and temperature up to 350K with the magnetic field
both parallel and perpendicular to the trigonal c-axis of the crystal. The
specific heat has been measured in the temperature range 2-300K with a magnetic
field up to 9 T applied parallel to the c-axis. The data indicate a structural
phase transition at 192 K and antiferromagnetic spin ordering at 40 K. A
Schottky anomaly is present in the specific heat data around 20 K, arising due
to two low-lying energy levels of the Tb3+ ions being split by f-d coupling.
Below TN magnetic fields parallel to the c-axis drive a spin-flop phase
transition, which is associated with a large magnetization jump. The highly
anisotropic character of the magnetic susceptibility is ascribed mainly to the
Ising-like behavior of the Tb3+ ions in the trigonal crystal field. We describe
our results in the framework of an unified approach which is based on
mean-field approximation and crystal-field calculations.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figures, 20 references, accepted by Phys. Rev.
Magnetoelectricity in the system ( = Tb, Ho, Er, Tm)
The magnetoelectric effect in the system ( = Tb, Ho, Er,
Tm) is investigated between 3 K and room temperature and at magnetic fields up
to 70 kOe. We show a systematic increase of the magnetoelectric effect with
decreasing magnetic anisotropy of the rare earth moment. A giant
magnetoelectric polarization is found in the magnetically (nearly) isotropic
. The polarization value in transverse field geometry at 70 kOe
reaches 3600 which is significantly higher than reported values for
the field-induced polarization of linear magnetoelectric or even multiferroic
compounds. The results indicate a very strong coupling of the f-moments to the
lattice. They further indicate the importance of the field-induced ionic
displacements in the unit cell resulting in a polar distortion and a change in
symmetry on a microscopic scale. The system could be
interesting for the technological utilization of the high-field magnetoelectric
effect.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Soft modes in HoFe2.5Ga0.5(BO3)4 solid solution
Π’Π΅ΠΊΡΡ ΡΡΠ°ΡΡΠΈ Π½Π΅ ΠΏΡΠ±Π»ΠΈΠΊΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ Π² ΠΎΡΠΊΡΡΡΠΎΠΌ Π΄ΠΎΡΡΡΠΏΠ΅ Π² ΡΠΎΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠΈ Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠΈΠΊΠΎΠΉ ΠΆΡΡΠ½Π°Π»Π°.The condensation of two soft modes has been found when studying the Raman spectra of the solid solution HoFe2.5Ga0.5(BO3)(4) in the temperature range from 7 to 350 K. The first high-temperature soft mode is associated with the structural phase transition from the R32 phase to the P3(1)21 phase. The second soft mode is related to the reveal of the phonon-magnon interaction during magnetic ordering in the crystal. The temperatures of the structural phase transition T-1 = 266 K and the magnetic phase transition T-2 = 28 K are established. Experimentally interaction between the structural phase transition order parameter fluctuations and the magnetic order parameter fluctuations was found
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