Phase Diagram of a Three-Dimensional Antiferromagnet with Random Magnetic Anisotropy

作者:Perez Felio A*; Borisov Pavel; Johnson Trent A; Stanescu Tudor D; Trappen Robbyn; Holcomb Mikel B; Lederman David; Fitzsimmons M R; Aczel Adam A; Hong Tao
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2015, 114(9): 097201.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.097201

摘要

Three-dimensional antiferromagnets with random magnetic anisotropy (RMA) that have been experimentally studied to date have competing two-dimensional and three-dimensional exchange interactions which can obscure the authentic effects of RMA. The magnetic phase diagram of FexNi1-xF2 epitaxial thin films with true random single-ion anisotropy was deduced from magnetometry and neutron scattering measurements and analyzed using mean-field theory. Regions with uniaxial, oblique, and easy-plane anisotropies were identified. A RMA-induced glass region was discovered where a Griffiths-like breakdown of long-range spin order occurs.

  • 出版日期2015-3-4
  • 单位Los Alamos