(1) Physics Department, San Jose State University, 95192 San Jose, CA, USA;(2) Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA;(3) Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Abstract:
Transverse-field (TF) muon-spin-relaxation (μSR) and Mössbauer experiments on the uniaxial insulating spin glass Fe2?xTi1+xO5 (x=0.25) have been performed near and below the spin-glass temperature (Tg). The effect of a transverse field on the spin-freezing process and spin-glass state has been investigated by measuring the field-and temperature-dependencies of the μSR parameters. Spin-cluster effects signaled by anomalous μ-spin relaxation have been observed in a temperature region just aboveTg. An interpretation supported by recently developed theoretical models addressing non-linear relaxation in an intermediate Griffiths phase is offered.