The modulated magnetic structure of α-Fe2O3: Ga weak ferromagnet

Autor: A. A. Karaev, Z. T. Azamatov, B. Yu. Sokolov, Yu. M. Fedorov
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Technical Physics. 46:354-356
ISSN: 1090-6525
1063-7842
DOI: 10.1134/1.1356491
Popis: The domain structure of a diluted weak α-Fe2O3: Ga ferromagnet is considered. Magnetic fields of specific amplitudes and orientations applied in the basal plane of the crystal are found to produce nonuniform magnetic states due to a periodic deviation of the antiferromagnetic vector from the easy axis of crystallographic anisotropy. A phase diagram of the modulated magnetic state with the triad axis is constructed, and a dependence of the spatial period of modulation on an external magnetic field is studied. A phenomenological model and the nature of the magnetic superstructure discovered are discussed.
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