ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The temperature dependence of the magnetization of Y3−y−zCayLuzFe5−xScxO12 (0.6≤x≤1.2, 0≤y≤0.3, 0≤z≤0.9) epitaxial garnet films was measured from 4.2 K up to the Curie temperature. For x=0.7 and T≥50 K, 4πMs is enhanced by about 10% compared to the magnetization of Sc0.7 YIG. At T〈50 K, a reduction of the magnetization, increasing with increasing substitution, was observed for all the measured samples. Agreement between the experimental results and molecular field models was obtained by taking into account the canting of the unsubstituted sublattice, the presence of charge compensating Fe4+ ions, a low-temperature ordering of Fe3+ ions with less than two magnetic nearest neighbors, and assuming a lattice parameter-dependent exchange interaction ratio with d(Jdd/Jad)/da =28 nm.−1 For x=1.2 and T〈10 K the magnetization can be influenced by cooling through the Curie point in a magnetic field.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.342261
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