Temperature dependence of resonant x-ray magnetic scattering in holmium

1994 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 2990-3004 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Helgesen ◽  
J. P. Hill ◽  
T. R. Thurston ◽  
Doon Gibbs ◽  
J. Kwo ◽  
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1991 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael F. Toney ◽  
David G. Wiesler ◽  
Brent D. Hermsmeier ◽  
Robin F. Farrow

AbstractWe report structural and magnetic X-ray scattering measurements of a 2000Å thick Dy film, sandwiched by LaF3 films on a GaAs(111) substrate. The structure was grow by molecular beam epitaxy with the c-axis of the Dy parallel to the LaF3 c-axis and GaAs[111] axis. For the magnetic X-ray scattering, we used a polarization analyzer and an X-ray energy near the Dy L111 absorption edge. ∆t this energy there is a resonant enhancement in the magnetic scattering intensity, and we obtained ≃-50 counts per second in the magnetic diffraction peaks.Between 85 and 179K, bulk Dy forms a helical antiferromagnetic structure, and below 85K, it transforms into a ferromagnet. We find that the c-axis lattice constant of the Dy film has a similar temperature dependence to bulk Dy from room temperature to about 110K, but below this, the film behaves differently from bulk and is strained. The temperature dependence of the turn-angle in the helical antiferromagnetic state is similar to bulk, although a weaker dependence is observed below ∼1 10K due to magnetoelastic effects. Surprisingly, the magnetic coherence length (≃310Å) is significantly shorter than the structural coherence length (≃730Å). The transition to ferromagnetic ordering at 86K exhibits temperature hysteresis as is evident in the structural and magnetic X-ray data and in SQUID magnetometry data. We believe this hysteresis arises from a combination of the strain-energy barrier accompanying the transition and magnetic inhomogeneities in the film.


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Shunta Harada ◽  
Kenji Hanada ◽  
Hiromasa Suo ◽  
Haruhiko Koizumi ◽  
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Keith R. Hallam ◽  
James Edward Darnbrough ◽  
Charilaos Paraskevoulakos ◽  
Peter J. Heard ◽  
T. James Marrow ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 95 (20) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ramakrishnan ◽  
Y. Joly ◽  
Y. W. Windsor ◽  
L. Rettig ◽  
A. Alberca ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 208 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. G. Kim ◽  
A. Kreyssig ◽  
Y. B. Lee ◽  
R. J. McQueeney ◽  
B. N. Harmon ◽  
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2008 ◽  
Vol 1111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuichi Emura ◽  
Masahiro Takahashi ◽  
Hiroyuki Tambo ◽  
Akira Suzuki ◽  
Tetsuya Nakamura ◽  
...  

AbstractThe magnetic characteristics of the dilute magnetic system GaGdN are investigated by mainly soft-X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) in energy range of 1160 – 1240 eV. The strong MCD signals up to 30 % at 15K are observed. The temperature dependence of its intensity is not on simple Curie-Weiss curve and depicts three-step curve. A step around 40 – 100K suggests a new magnetic phase. The luminescence spectrum of GaGdN at low temperature is divided into three parts consisting of two broad bands around 432 nm and 503 nm and a sharp peak at 652 nm. This sharp line is assigned to the intra-transition of f – f orbital owing to the weak temperature dependence of the intensity and peak position. AlGdN grown by molecular beam epitaxy produces luminescence at 318.5 nm. X-ray absorption fine structure is examined to survey the occupancy of the Gd ion in the grown specimens.


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