Inverted hysteresis and negative remanence in a homogeneous antiferromagnet

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Contributors

  • L. Opherden - , Chair of Physics of High Magnetic Fields, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • T. Bilitewski - , Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (Author)
  • J. Hornung - , Chair of Physics of High Magnetic Fields, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • T. Herrmannsdörfer - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • A. Samartzis - , Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, Technical University of Berlin (Author)
  • A. T.M.N. Islam - , Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy (Author)
  • V. K. Anand - , Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy (Author)
  • B. Lake - , Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, Technical University of Berlin (Author)
  • R. Moessner - , Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (Author)
  • J. Wosnitza - , Chair of Physics of High Magnetic Fields, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)

Abstract

Magnetic remanence - found in bar magnets or magnetic storage devices - is probably the oldest and most ubiquitous phenomenon underpinning the technological applications of magnetism. It is a macroscopic nonequilibrium phenomenon: A remanent magnetization appears when a magnetic field is applied to an initially unmagnetized ferromagnet, and then taken away. Here, we present an inverted magnetic hysteresis loop in the pyrochlore compound Nd2Hf2O7: The remanent magnetization points in a direction opposite to the applied field. This phenomenon is exquisitely tunable as a function of the protocol in field and temperature, and it is reproducible as in a quasiequilibrium setting.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number180403
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume98
Issue number18
Publication statusPublished - 7 Nov 2018
Peer-reviewedYes