Spectroscopic and magnetooptical investigations of spin-reorientation phase transition in TbFe3(BO3)4

  • S. L. Gnatchenko
  • , I. S. Kachur
  • , V. G. Piryatinskaya
  • , V. A. Bedarev
  • , M. I. Pashchenko
  • , A. V. Malakhovskii
  • , L. N. Bezmaternykh
  • , A. L. Sukhachev
  • , V. L. Temerov

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Abstract

Spectroscopic and magnetooptical investigations of spin-reorientation transition induced by a magnetic field in antiferromagnetic terbium ferroborate TbFe3(BO3)4 were performed. In the phase-transition region, a magnetic intermediate state with a periodic alternation of domains of initial and spin-flopped magnetic phases appears. As a result, a strong light scattering by the crystal takes place. It is shown that the main mechanism of light scattering is related to an appearance of the large Faraday rotation in a high-field magnetic phase. Visual polarization investigations of the domain structure in the intermediate state were carried out. The energy of the interphase boundary between the antiferromagnetic and high-field magnetic phases was calculated. The existence domain of the intermediate magnetic state was determined in the H-T coordinates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)693-698
Number of pages6
JournalLow Temperature Physics
Volume37
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 Nov 2011
Externally publishedYes

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