Magnetoelastic effects in terbium ferroborate

The behavior of the elastic moduli and sound absorption in a terbium orthoborate single crystal at low temperatures is studied. The components of the tensor of the elastic moduli of this system are determined. A structural phase transition and a transition of the magnetic subsystem into an antiferro...

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Published in:Low temperature physics (Woodbury, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2008-11, Vol.34 (11), p.901-908
Main Authors: Zvyagina, G. A., Zhekov, K. R., Bezmaternykh, L. N., Gudim, I. A., Bilych, I. V., Zvyagin, A. A.
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Language:English
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Summary:The behavior of the elastic moduli and sound absorption in a terbium orthoborate single crystal at low temperatures is studied. The components of the tensor of the elastic moduli of this system are determined. A structural phase transition and a transition of the magnetic subsystem into an antiferromagnetically ordered state appear in the temperature dependences of the sound velocities and absorption. The magnetic field dependences of the velocities of transverse sound exhibit singularities in the form of jumps at a magnetic field equal to the field of the spin-flop transition of the antiferromagnetic subsystem. Theoretical analysis shows that the observed behavior of the acoustic characteristics are associated not with the rare-earth subsystem of ferroborate but rather with the renormalization of the exchange interaction between iron ions as a result of the magnetoelastic coupling.
ISSN:1063-777X
1090-6517
DOI:10.1063/1.3009584