High Field ESR System and Its Application to the Study of Quantum Spin Systems

Developments of the high field ESR system in Kobe University is presented. Using Gunn oscillators and backward traveling oscillators (BWO), we can cover the frequency region from 30 to 1183.6 GHz with the use of InSb detector. Pulsed magnetic field up to 30 T is available and we are now trying to extend the field up to 40 T. Temperature range is from 1.8 to 300 K. Using this system, we studied S=1/2 ladder like system Cu₂(C₅H₁₂N₂)₂Cl₄, and found a new magnetic transition at 10.1 T at 1.8 K. The temperature dependence of ESR in Cu₂(C₅H₁₂N₂)₂CI₄ shows g-shift below 8 K which corresponds to the maximum of the magnetic susceptibility. The g-shift below 8 K suggests the increase of the quantum fluctuation in the system, and the role of the quantum fluctuation in Cu₂(C₅H₁₂N₂)₂CI₄ is discussed.     

Submillimeter wave ESR measurements of metamagnetic Y2Cu2O5

Submillimeter wave ESR system in Kobe University is presented. It covers the frequency region from 60 to 383GHz and can apply the pulsed magnetic field up to 30T. The measurement of Y₂Cu₂O₅ single crystals using our system is presented.     

熔融织构(Nd-Eu-Gd)-Ba-Cu-O超导体的各向异性磁通跳跃及其不稳定性研究

对c轴择优取向的熔融织构样品(Nd_0.33Eu_0.33Gd_0.33) Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ（含Gd(211)相）的磁通跳跃现象进行 了系统研究.结果表明，在外加磁 场平行于样品c轴条件下，在2到3K的温度范围内明显观测到了部分磁通跳跃现象，而 在5K及以上温区并未出现.在磁场垂直于样品的c轴情况，在2K到T_c的整个温 区都没有观察到磁通跳跃现象.这种各向异性磁通跳跃现象可归因于各向异性钉扎力和几何 退磁因子的结果.随着温度的增加，磁通跳跃数目减少，且M(H)曲线的第三象限是磁通 跳跃的最不稳定过程.最后，研究了磁通跳跃对磁场扫描速率的依赖关系，并讨论了磁通蠕 动对磁通跳跃的影响. 关键词： 0.33Eu_0.33Gd_0.33)Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ超导体')" href="#">(Nd_0.33Eu_0.33Gd_0.33)Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ超导体 OCMG方法 磁通跳跃     

Magnetic Anisotropy and Hidden Martensitic Transition in V3Si

Magnetization, electrical resistivity and heat capacity have been measured on a single crystal V₃Si in the range of (2-25) K and in magnetic field up to 14 T. A different behavior of magnetization for two orientations of the crystal has been found. In one orientation the magnetization displays a clear ferromagnetic character and below T _c coexistence of ferro-magnetism and superconductivity with a peak-effect in the vicinity of upper critical field H _c2. The specific heat measurements show sharp lambda anomaly corresponding to a transition to superconductive state and an additional anomaly around 15 K when applied field suppresses the superconductivity below this temperature.     

High field ESR measurements of spin gap system MCu2(PO4)2

Submillimeter and millimeter wave ESR measurements of spin gap systems SrCu₂(PO₄)₂ and PbCu₂(PO₄)₂, which have four kinds of dimers, have been performed to investigate the magnetic properties of spin gap systems using the pulsed magnetic field up to 35T. The observed ESR spectra of powder sample SrCu₂(PO₄)₂ show sharp and single peak in the temperature range from 4.2 to 80 K. The anisotropy of the g-values turned out to be very small compared to the usual anisotropic powder spectra of copper compounds. The dynamical properties will be discussed from the temperature dependence measurements.     

钶铁矿型MnNb2O6的熔盐法合成、钒掺杂与磁性研究

采用了熔盐法新工艺制备了纯相与掺钒的MnNb₂O₆粉晶,利用X射线衍射仪(XRD),扫描电子显微镜(SEM),能谱分析(EDX),透射电子显微镜(TEM)、高分辨透射电镜(HRTEM)和电子衍射(SAED)分析了其物相、形貌及微结构.结果表明合成产物为正交晶系钶铁矿型MnNb₂O₆;在不同的熔盐中合成出了棒状、片状与长方体形貌的纯相产物.讨论了温度与掺杂对结构与形貌的影响,HRTEM与SAED分析表明了产物的各向异性生 关键词： 熔盐法 结构与形貌 掺杂 反铁磁性     

Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effects in Tb6Co1.67Si3 compound

Magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effects of Tb₆Co_1.67Si₃ have been investigated by magnetization measurement. This compound is of a hexagonal Ce$_{6}$Ni$_{2}$Si$_{3}$-type structure with a saturation magnetization of 187\,emu/g at 5\,K and a reversible second-order magnetic transition at Curie temperature $T_{\rm C} = 186$\,K. A magnetic entropy change $\Delta S = 7$\,J\,$\cdot$\,kg$^{-1}$\,$\cdot$\,K$^{-1}$ is observed for a magnetic field change from 0 to 5\,T. A large value of refrigerant capacity (RC) is found to be 330\,J/kg for fields ranging from 0 to 5\,T. The large RC, the reversible magnetization around $T_{\rm C}$ and the easy fabrication make the Tb₆Co_1.67Si₃ compound a suitable candidate for magnetic refrigerants in a corresponding temperature range.     

Magnetism of C60-based molecular complexes: High-field-magnetization and magnetooptical study

Magnetization study of the C₆₀ · TMTSF · 2CS₂ molecular complex in magnetic fields up to 47 T for the temperature range 1.8–300 K and ESR spectroscopy of the molecular complex (ET)₂C₆₀ at T=1.8 K for the frequency range 60–90 GHz in magnetic fields up to 32 T provide experimental evidence that paramagnetic centers with reduced g-factor values g<1 control the magnetic properties of these solids. A model is suggested in which the renormalization of the g factor is due to the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect involving negative C₆₀ ions that appear as defects in the crystalline structure with a weak charge transfer.     

Magnetocaloric effect in Gd6Co1.67Si3 compound with a second-order phase transition

The magnetic properties and the magnetic entropy change AS have been investigated for Gd6Co1.67Si3 compounds with a second-order phase transition. The saturation moment at 5 K and the Curie temperature TC are 38.1μB and 298 K, respectively. The AS originates from a reversible second-order magnetic transition around TC and its value reaches 5.2 J/kg.K for a magnetic field change from 0 to 5T. The refrigerant capacity （RC） of Gd6Co1.67Si3 are calculated by using the methods given in Refs.[12] and [21], respectively, for a field change of 0 5T and its values are 310 and 440 J/kg, which is larger than those of some magnetocaloric materials with a first-order phase transition.     

Field-induced magnetic transition in a mixed rare-earth aluminum garnet Er<Subscript>2</Subscript>HoAl<Subscript>5</Subscript>O<Subscript>12</Subscript>

The temperature dependence of the ac magnetic susceptibility of a single-crystal mixed rare-earth garnet Er₂HoAl₅O₁₂ has been investigated within the range from 1.8 to 300 K in a zero constant field and in applied bias fields of up to 9 T. In the absence of a constant magnetic field the magnetic susceptibility followed the Curie–Weiss law. The application of a constant magnetic field caused a magnetic phase transition, the temperature of which increased with increasing magnetic field. The temperature of the maximum of the ac magnetic susceptibility, which is a characteristic of the phase transition, did not show a noticeable dependence on the frequency of the alternating magnetic field.     

High-Pressure Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Perovskite Iron Oxides

Using a diamond anvil cell and a low-temperature cryostat with a superconducting solenoid, high-pressure ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy with a radioactive source at 4.5 K under external magnetic fields up to 7 T has been developed. Pressure-temperature magnetic phase-diagrams for perovskite iron oxides, SrFeO₃, CaFeO₃ and Sr₂LaFe₃O₉ are presented up to about 70 GPa. High-pressure Mössbauer measurements under external magnetic fields proved that the electronic ground states of these oxides switch to uniform-charge and ferromagnetic (and most probably metallic) states under extremely high pressure.

     

Magnetic characterization of Mn5SiB2 and Mn5Si3 phases

In this work the Mn₅Si₃ and Mn₅SiB₂ phases were produced via arc melting and heat treatment at 1000 °C for 50 h under argon. A detailed microstructure characterization indicated the formation of single-phase Mn₅Si₃ and near single-phase Mn₅SiB₂ microstructures. The magnetic behavior of the Mn₅Si₃ phase was investigated and the results are in agreement with previous data from the literature, which indicates the existence of two anti-ferromagnetic structures for temperatures below 98 K. The Mn₅SiB₂ phase shows a ferromagnetic behavior presenting a saturation magnetization M_s of about 5.35×10⁵ A/m (0.67 T) at room temperature and an estimated Curie temperature between 470 and 490 K. In addition, AC susceptibility data indicates no evidence of any other magnetic ordering in 4-300 K temperature range. The magnetization values are smaller than that calculated using the magnetic moment from previous literature NMR results. This result suggests a probable ferrimagnetic arrangement of the Mn moments.     

稀磁半导体Hg0.89Mn0.11Te磁化强度及磁化率的研究

利用MPMS-7(magnetic property measurement system)型超导量子磁强计对垂直布里奇曼法生长的Hg_0.89Mn_0.11Te晶片磁化强度变化规律进行了测量.试验采用了两种不同的外场和冷却条件.首先在5 K恒温下，-5200到5200 kA/m范围内改变磁场强度进行了测定.然后维持800 kA/m恒定磁场，分别在有场冷却和无场冷却条件下，从5到300 K范围内改变温度，研究了变温条件下的磁化特性.并采用分子场近似模型，用类布里渊函数，最小二乘法对磁化强度随磁场强度变化的实验结果进行拟合和分析，结果表明，Mn²⁺离子之间存在反铁磁相互作用.磁化率和温度关系分析表明：在测试范围内Hg_0.89Mn_0.11Te是单一的顺磁相，在高温区磁化率和温度服从居里-万斯定律，呈线性关系，低于40 K时，磁化率和温度的关系偏离居里-万斯定律，表现出顺磁增强现象. 关键词： 0.89Mn_0.11Te')" href="#">Hg_0.89Mn_0.11Te 磁化强度 磁化率 类布里渊函数     

Directional behavior of nuclear quadrupole resonance in YBa2Cu3O6

Powder samples of YBa₂Cu₃O₆ were magnetically aligned and the anisotropies in the systems were studied by means of Cu(1) nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) in the absence of external magnetic fields. Our room temperature measurements of the NQR lineshapes and the spin–lattice and spin–spin relaxation times as a function of the aligning magnetic field indicate that full microscopic alignment can be achieved by using a magnetic field of about 4.7 T, for which doublet line patterns arising from a hyperfine splitting were observed.     

Magnetoelastic properties of Nd6Fe13Cu intermetallic compound

Magnetoelastic properties of Nd₆Fe₁₃Cu intermetallic compound are reported. To study the magnetoelastic behaviour of this compound, the thermal expansion as well as the longitudinal (λ_l) and transverse (λ_t) magnetostriction were measured by using the strain gauge method in the selected temperature range of 80-500 K under applied magnetic fields up to 1.5 T. An anomaly and invar-type effects are observed in the linear thermal expansion and α(T) curves at the Néel temperature. The linear spontaneous magnetostriction decreases sharply by approaching the Néel temperature and also shows the short-range magnetic ordering effects when antiferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition occurs. In the low field region, the absolute values of the anisotropic magnetostriction are small and then start to increase with applied magnetic field. Each isofield curve of the anisotropic magnetostriction passes through a minimum and then approaches to zero with increasing temperature. This magnetostriction compensation arises from the difference in the magnetoelastic coupling constants of the sublattices in this compound.     

Hydrostatic pressure study of the structural phase transitions and superconductivity in single crystals of (Ba1−xKx)Fe2As2 (x=0 and 0.45) and CaFe2As2

We studied the effect of hydrostatic pressure (P) on the structural phase transitions and superconductivity in the ternary and pseudo-ternary iron arsenides CaFe₂As₂, BaFe₂As₂, and (Ba_0.55K_0.45)Fe₂As₂, by means of measurements of electrical resistivity (ρ) in the 1.8-300 K temperature (T) range, pressures up to 20 kbar, and magnetic fields up to 9 T. CaFe₂As₂ and BaFe₂As₂ (lightly doped with Sn) display structural phase transitions near 170 and 85 K, respectively, and do not exhibit superconductivity in ambient pressure, while K-doped (Ba_0.55K_0.45)Fe₂As₂ is superconducting for T<30 K. The effect of pressure on BaFe₂As₂ is to shift the onset of the crystallographic transformation down in temperature at the rate of ~−1.04 K/kbar, while shifting the whole ρ(T) curves downward, whereas its effect on superconducting (Ba_0.55K_0.45)Fe₂As₂ is to shift the onset of superconductivity to lower temperatures at the rate of ~−0.21 K/kbar. The effect of pressure on CaFe₂As₂ is first to suppress the crystallographic transformation and induce superconductivity with onset near 12 K very rapidly, i.e., for P<5 kbar. However, higher pressures bring about another phase transformation characterized by reduced-resistivity, and the suppression of superconductivity, confining superconductivity to a narrow pressure dome centered near 5 kbar. Upper critical field (H_c2) data in (Ba_0.55K_0.45)Fe₂As₂ and CaFe₂As₂ are discussed.     

MgB2混合态热导率的反常增强

测量了MgB₂多晶样品的混合态热导率，磁场强度为0—7 T，温度范围为5—45 K .实验结果显示MgB₂热导率在低场下迅速上升，高场下趋于饱和，这与MgB₂的 二能隙电子结构有关.对实验结果的分析指出，低温强场下MgB₂多晶样品热导率的显著增强无法完全 用电子热导来解释，并对此进行了讨论. 关键词： 2')" href="#">MgB₂ 热导率 混合态     

The influence of pressure on spontaneous magnetization of Fe60Mn20B20 amorphous alloy at temperature range 77.4–300 K

Abstract

Amorphous, ferromagnetic, invar like, Fe₆₀ Mn₂₀ B₂₀ alloy has been investigated. Two kinds of experiments were carried out for this alloy. The first, using high pressure technique, revealed the influence of pressure on B(H) dependencies within the wide range of temperature under pressure of 0.5 GPa. From the magnetization curves obtained during these experiments the decrease of spontaneous magnetization caused by applied pressure 0.5 GPa at temperature -180°C has been calculated at the rate about 7 10^?11T/Pa.

In the second kind of experiments the measurements of volume magnetostriction up to 720 kA/m magnetic field intensity have been done. Volume magnetostriction coefficient at temperature 77.4 K has been determined to be about 2 10^?11 [A/m]^?1.     

Influence of low Co substitution on magnetoelastic properties of HoFe11Ti intermetallic compound

The thermal expansion and magnetostriction of HoFe_11−xCo_xTi (x=0, 0.3, 0.7 and 1) intermetallic compounds were measured, using the strain gauge method in the temperature range 77–590 K under applied magnetic fields up to 1.5 T. Results show that for samples with x=0 and 0.3, both linear thermal expansion and linear thermal expansion coefficient exhibit anomalies below the Curie temperature. Below room temperature, the spontaneous volume magnetostriction decreases with Co content. For all compounds studied, the anisotropic magnetostriction shows similar behaviour in the measured temperature range. The magnetostriction compensation occurs above room temperature in all samples. The volume magnetostriction shows a linear dependence on the applied field and by approaching the Curie temperature this trend changes to parastrictive behaviour. The results of the spontaneous magnetostriction are discussed based on the local magnetic moment model. The contribution of magnetostriction attributed to the magnetic sublattices R and T (Fe or Co) is discussed.     

ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF La2CuO4 SINGLE CRYSTALS

Bulk superconducting La₂CuO_4+δ single crystals are obtained by using electrochemical intercalation technique from the as-grown insulating samples. Oxidation is carried out by constant current I=10μA at temperature T=70℃ and room temperature, respectively. Structure and magnetic properties are studied by low-temperature X-ray diffraction and susceptibility measurements. A superconducting phase with T_c of 19K and δ-0.12 can be attributed to the formation of oxygen clusters. Room temperature oxidation is inhomogeneous: two superconducting phases with T_c1 of 24K and T_c2 of 8K and an antiferromagnetic phase are coexisting in the crystal. It is found that the appearance of T_c in this system has the "step" tendency.