Spin-Glass State in Defect-Fluorite Er2Zr2O7 |
| M. Klicperaa, K. Vláškováa, R.H. Colmana, P. Proscheka, A. Hoserb
aCharles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Ke Karlovu 5, 12116 Prague 2, Czech Republic bHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Hahn-Meitner-Platz 1, 14-109 Berlin, Germany |
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| Low-temperature magnetic properties of Er2Zr2O7 were studied by magnetization measurements on a newly prepared single crystal. Simultaneously, powder neutron diffraction was employed to investigate its microscopic properties down to 0.3 K. Our low-temperature data demonstrate the presence of a magnetic signal (short-range correlations) by (i) bifurcation of zero-field-cooled (ZFC) and field-cooled (FC) data, and (ii) diffuse magnetic scattering signal developing well in agreement with the temperature development of bulk properties. The presented data are discussed in the frame of a spin-glass ground state in Er2Zr2O7. |
DOI:10.12693/APhysPolA.137.750 topics: Er2Zr2O7, defect-fluorite structure, spin-glass state |