A combined study of the magnetic properties of GdCrO4

Enrique Jimenez-Melero, P. C M Gubbens, M. P. Steenvoorden, S. Sakarya, A. Goosens, P. Dalmas De Réotier, A. Yaouanc, J. Rodríguez-Carvajal, B. Beuneu, J. Isasi, R. Sáez-Puche, U. Zimmerman, J. L. Martínez

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    Abstract

    We have performed a detailed study of the magnetic properties of GdCrO 4 at low temperatures by complementary use of different macroscopic and microscopic physical techniques. A ferromagnetic order is established in this oxide below TC ≤ 22K. The ordered magnetic moments of the Cr5+ ions are located along the crystallographic c-axis, forming an angle of ≈24° with the ordered moments of the Gd3+ ions. Surprisingly, only 20% of the Gd3+ sublattice orders at the Curie temperature of 22K, while the remaining 80% stays paramagnetic down to around 10K. This 80% of the Gd3+ ions may be ascribed to a low-temperature orthorhombic phase. Moreover, the Gd3+ magnetic order seems to be triggered by a relatively large transferred hyperfine field coming from the Cr5+ sublattice. © 2006 IOP Publishing Ltd.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number004
    Pages (from-to)7893-7904
    Number of pages11
    JournalJournal of Physics: Condensed Matter
    Volume18
    Issue number34
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 30 Aug 2006

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