Spectroscopic study of magnetic phase transitions and magnetic structures in rare-earth iron borates RFe3 (BO3)4 (R = Y, Er, Tb, Gd)

M. N. Popova; E. P. Chukalina; T. N. Stanislavchuk; L. N. Bezmaternykh

Spectroscopic study of magnetic phase transitions and magnetic structures in rare-earth iron borates RFe₃ (BO₃)₄ (R = Y, Er, Tb, Gd)

M. N. Popova
, E. P. Chukalina
, T. N. Stanislavchuk
, L. N. Bezmaternykh

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We studied the absorption spectra of single crystals of rare-earth borates RFe₃ (BO₃)₄, R = Y, Er, Tb, Gd with erbium (1 %) introduced as a probe. We determined the magnetic ordering temperatures T_N = 39 ± 1, 38 ± 0.5, 41 ± 1, and 37 ± 1 K of iron borates of Er, Y, Tb, and Gd, respectively, and the temperatures T_R = 7.5 ± 0.5 K of the first-order spin-reorientation phase transition in GdFe₃ (BO₃)₄: Er³⁺ (1 %) using the temperature dependences of splittings of Er³⁺-ion spectral lines. Comparing the values of the splittings of the ground states of Er³⁺ ions in the compounds RFe₃ (BO₃)₄ (R=Y, Er, Nb) and GdFe₃ (BO₃)₄, whose magnetic structure is well known, we suggest the following orientation patterns of Fe magnetic moments in the magnetically ordered state: the easy-plane structure for YFe₃(BO₃)₄ and ErFe₃(BO₃)₄ and the easy-axis structure for TbFe₃(BO₃)₄. The effect of one-ion anisotropy of the R³⁺ ion on identification of a particular magnetic structure in RFe₃(BO₃)₄ is discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1890-1898
Number of pages	9
Journal	Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics
Volume	70
Issue number	11
State	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

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General Physics and Astronomy

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Spectroscopic study of magnetic phase transitions and magnetic structures in rare-earth iron borates RFe₃ (BO₃)₄ (R = Y, Er, Tb, Gd)

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