Spin reorientation and rare earth antiferromagnetic transition in single crystal Sm0.15Dy0.85FeO3

Authors

Jiashu Zhang, Shanghai University
Weiyao Zhao, University of Wollongong, Shanghai UniversityFollow
Zhenjie Feng, Shanghai University
Jun-Yi Ge, Shanghai University
Jincang Zhang, Shanghai University
Shixun Cao, Shanghai University

RIS ID

137071

Publication Details

Zhang, J., Zhao, W., Feng, Z., Ge, J., Zhang, J. & Cao, S. (2019). Spin reorientation and rare earth antiferromagnetic transition in single crystal Sm0.15Dy0.85FeO3. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 804 396-400.

Abstract

We report the crystal growth, structure analysis and magnetic phase transitions in the single crystal Sm0.15Dy0.85FeO3. The high-quality of the crystal is verified by X-ray diffraction technique. Our research reveals that: 1) the iron sublattice spin reorientation (SR) transition emerges at 25 K, and ends at 10 K; 2) the rare earth antiferromagnetic (AF) order transition happens at 2.6 K; 3) there is a special wasp-waist hysteresis loop at low temperatures. Knowledge of such phase transitions in rare earth orthoferrite system is of potential importance for applications and theoretical studies.