X-RAY CIRCULAR MAGNETIC DICHROISM (XCMD) AS A PROBE OF THE DYNAMICS OF THE SPIN REORIENTATION TRANSITIONS IN ND2FE14B AND ER2FE14B SYSTEMS

Authors
CHABOY J MARCELLI A GARCIA LM BARTOLOME J KUZMIN M MARUYAMA H KOBAYASHI K KAWATA H IWAZUMI T
Citation
J. Chaboy et al., X-RAY CIRCULAR MAGNETIC DICHROISM (XCMD) AS A PROBE OF THE DYNAMICS OF THE SPIN REORIENTATION TRANSITIONS IN ND2FE14B AND ER2FE14B SYSTEMS, Europhysics letters, 28(2), 1994, pp. 135-141
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
135 - 141
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1994)28:2<135:XCMD(A>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We present the first experimental observation of a spin reorientation phase transition (SRT) with the X-ray circular-magnetic-dichroism (XCM D) technique. The XCMD signal, related to the projection of the rare-e arth moment on the direction of the X-ray beam, has been measured as a function of temperature for both, a first-order SRT in Er2Fe14B (abru pt reorientation by 90-degrees) and a second-order one in Nd2Fe14B (co ntinuous tilt of the magnetization from the c-axis). The feasibility o f this technique to study SRTs and the capability to better understand the magnetic behaviour of intermetallic compounds exhibiting coexiste nce of itinerant and localized magnetism are demonstrated.