Magnetic anisotropy and magnetoelectric properties of Tb1-x Er (x) Fe-3(BO3)(4) ferroboratesстатья
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Аннотация:Magnetic and magnetoelectric properties of ferroborate single crystals with complex composition (Tb1 - x Er (x) Fe-3(BO3)(4), x = 0, 0.75) and with competing exchange Tb-Fe and Er-Fe interactions are investigated. Jumps in electric polarization, magnetostriction, and magnetization are observed as a result of spin-flop transitions, as well as a considerable decrease in the critical field upon an increase in the Er concentration, in a field H (c) parallel to the c axis. The observed behavior of phase-transition fields is analyzed and explained using a simple model taking into account anisotropy in g factors and exchange splitting of funda-mental doublets of the easy-axis Tb3+ ion and easy-plane Er3+ ion. It is established that magnetoelectric and magnetostriction anomalies under spin-flop transitions are mainly controlled by the Tb subsystem. The Tb subsystem makes a nonmonotonic contribution Delta P (a) (H (a) , T) to polarization along the a axis: the value of Delta P (a) reverses its sign and increases with temperature due to the contribution from the excited states of the Tb3+ ion.