Electronic Resource
[S.l.]
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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Journal of Applied Physics
87 (2000), S. 7028-7030
ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The complex ac susceptibility of long bar-shaped crystals of gadolinium cut parallel or perpendicular to the c axis does not exhibit the expected divergence at the Curie point TC=293 K. However, χ′ does diverge to the demagnetization-limited value 1/N(approximate)70 at the spin reorientation transition temperature Tsr=225 K, where the first anisotropy constant K1 changes sign. The c-axis susceptibility χ(parallel)′(T) shows a step to reach a value of 10 at Tc which is essentially independent of measuring field in the ranges 10 Hz–1 kHz and 8–800 A/m. However, there is a peak in the perpendicular susceptibility χ⊥′(T) near TC, which reaches 45. A superimposed 50 Hz depinning field does not influence the ac response. It is proposed that gadolinium exhibits long-period sinusoidally modulated c-axis order below TC, analogous to that of erbium. The period of the modulation is estimated as 70 Å. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.372920
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