Spin reorientation transition in Sm0.5Tb0.5FeO3 orthoferrite single crystal
Author(s) -
Xiangyang Zhao,
Kailin Zhang,
Xiumei Liu,
Bo Wang,
Kai Xu,
Shixun Cao,
Anhua Wu,
Liangbi Su,
Guohong Ma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
aip advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 2158-3226
DOI - 10.1063/1.4939697
Subject(s) - orthoferrite , terahertz radiation , materials science , atmospheric temperature range , spectroscopy , condensed matter physics , single crystal , spin (aerodynamics) , crystal (programming language) , ion , nuclear magnetic resonance , analytical chemistry (journal) , optoelectronics , chemistry , magnetization , physics , magnetic field , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , meteorology , computer science , thermodynamics , programming language , chromatography
Single crystal of Sm0.5Tb0.5FeO3 was grown by an optical floating zone method. The spin reorientation transition behavior (Γ2 → Γ24 → Γ4) is observed in the temperature range from 150 to 250 K. The dynamics of spin reorientation transition is studied by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS). FM mode was only discovered when temperature is below 55 K. And the FM mode resonant frequency increases from 0.216 THz to 0.268 THz with temperature deceasing from 55 K to 39 K. The AFM mode resonant frequency is fixed at 0.542 THz except in the very low temperature range. Our results demonstrate that THz-TDS is an effective means to study the dynamical iron ions SRT in RFeO3
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