Structural-modulation-driven spin canting and reentrant glassy magnetic phase in ferromagnetic Lu2MnNiO6

Manna, Kaustuv and Bera, AK and Jain, Manish and Elizabeth, Suja and Yusuf, SM and Kumar, Anil PS (2015) Structural-modulation-driven spin canting and reentrant glassy magnetic phase in ferromagnetic Lu2MnNiO6. In: PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 91 (22).

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Abstract

Unusual behavior of reentrant spin-glass (RSG) compound Lu2MnNiO6 has been investigated by magnetometry and neutron diffraction. The system possesses a ferromagnetic (FM) ordering below 40 K and undergoes a RSG transition at 20 K. Additionally, Lu2MnNiO6 retains memory effect above the glassy transition till spins sustain ordering. A novel critical behavior with unusual critical exponents (beta =similar to 0.241 and gamma similar to 1.142) is observed that indicates a canting in the spin structure below the ferromagnetic transition (T-C). A comprehensive analysis of temperature-dependent neutron diffraction data and first-principles calculations divulge that a structural distortion induced by an octahedral tilting results in a canted spin structure below T-C.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Publisher:	AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	19 Jul 2015 09:34
Last Modified:	19 Jul 2015 09:34
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/51869

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