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Magnetic ground states and magnetodielectric effect in $R$Cr(BO$_3$)$_2$ ($R$ = Y and Ho) (1709.03493v1)

Published 6 Sep 2017 in cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Abstract: The layered perovskites $R$Cr(BO$3$)$_2$ ($R$ = Y and Ho) with magnetic triangular lattices were studied by performing ac/dc susceptibility, specific heat, elastic and inelastic neutron scattering, and dielectric constant measurements. The results show (i) both samples' Cr${3+}$ spins order in a canted antiferromagnetic structure with $T_N$ around 8-9 K, while the Ho${3+}$ ions do not order down to $T$ = 1.5 K in HoCr(BO$_3$)$_2$; (ii) when a critical magnetic field H${C}$ around 2-3 T is applied below $T_{N}$, the Cr${3+}$ spins in the Y-compound and both the Cr${3+}$ and Ho${3+}$ spins in the Ho-compound order in a ferromagnetic state; (iii) both samples exhibit dielectric constant anomalies around the transition temperature and critical field, but the Ho-compound displays a much stronger magnetodielectric response. We speculate that this is due to the magnetostriction which depends on both of the Cr${3+}$ and the Ho${3+}$ ions' ordering in the Ho-compound. Moreover, by using linear spin wave theory to simulate the inelastic neutron scattering data, we estimated the Y-compound's intralayer and interlayer exchange strengths as ferromagnetic J${1}$ = -0.12 meV and antiferromagnetic J${2}$ = 0.014 meV, respectively. The competition between different kinds of superexchange interactions results in the ferromagnetic intralayer interaction.

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