Novel phase transition and metastable regions in the frustrated magnet CdCr2O4

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Beitragende

  • S. Zherlitsyn - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • V. Tsurkan - , Universität Augsburg, Academy of Sciences of Moldova (Autor:in)
  • A. A. Zvyagin - , Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, NASU - B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering (Autor:in)
  • S. Yasin - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • S. Erfanifam - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • R. Beyer - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • M. Naumann - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • E. Green - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • J. Wosnitza - , Professur für Physik in hohen Magnetfeldern (gB/HZDR), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • A. Loidl - , Universität Augsburg (Autor:in)

Abstract

A new magnetic phase transition, which we assign to the separation of two different spiral phases, has been observed by ultrasound studies below the Néel temperature (TN=7.8 K) in the frustrated antiferromagnet CdCr2O4. This transition renormalizes the velocity and amplitude of the transverse acoustic mode cT whereas the longitudinal mode cL is not affected. The specific heat does not show any significant change in the entropy at this transition. Furthermore, in an applied magnetic field, the mode cT exhibits extended metastable magnetostructural states neighboring the one-half magnetization plateau in CdCr2O4. By applying an exchange-striction model we can quantitatively describe the field dependence of the sound velocity below and above the one-half magnetization plateau.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer060406
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Jahrgang91
Ausgabenummer6
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 27 Feb. 2015
Peer-Review-StatusJa