• A. N. Pirogov
  • S. G. Bogdanov
  • E. V. Rosenfeld
  • J. G. Park
  • Y. N. Choi
  • S. Lee
  • K. Prokes
  • N. O. Golosova
  • I. L. Sashin
  • N. V. Kudrevatykh
  • Yu. N. Skryabin
  • A. P. Vokhmyanin
Neutron diffraction experiments have been carried out to study the magnetocrystalline anisotropy of two (2b and 2d) Tin sublattices and four (4/, Qg, 12 j, and 12k) Fe sublattices in ferrimagnetic compound Trr^Fei? (space group Рбз/ттс). We determine the temperature dependence of the magnitude and orientation of magnetization for each of the thulium and iron sublattices in the range (10-300) K. A spontaneous rotation (at about 90 K) of the Tin and Fe sublattice magnetizations from the c-axis to the basal plane is accompanied by a drastic change in the magnetization magnitude, signifying a large magnetization anisotropy. Both Tin sublattices exhibit an easy-axis type of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy. The Fe sublattices manifest both the uniaxial and planar anisotropy types. The sublattice formed by Fe atoms at the 4/ position reveals the largest planar anisotropy constant. The Fe atoms at the 12j position show a uniaxial anisotropy. We find that the inelastic neutron scattering spectra measured below and above the spin-reorientation transition are remarkably different.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)951-963
JournalЖурнал экспериментальной и теоретической физики
Volume142
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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