Physics – Condensed Matter – Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2008-02-04
Phys. Rev. B 77 (2008) 224423
Physics
Condensed Matter
Other Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.77.224423
We report the anisotropic magnetic properties of Ho2Ge2O7 determined from dc and ac magnetization, specific heat and powder neutron diffraction experiments. The magnetic lanthanide sublattice, seen in our refinement of the tetragonal pyrogermanate crystal structure, is a right-handed spiral of edge-sharing and corner-sharing triangles; the local Ho-O coordination indicates that the crystal field is anisotropic. Susceptibility and magnetization data indeed show that the magnetism is highly anisotropic, and the magnetic structure has the Ho moments confined to the plane perpendicular to the structural spiral. The ordered moment of Ho3+, as determined from refinement of the neutron diffraction data, is 9.0 mu_B. Magnetic ordering occurs around 1.6 K. Temperature and field dependent ac susceptibility measurements show that this compound displays spin relaxation phenomena analogous to what is seen in the spin ice pyrochlore system Ho2Ti2O7.
Cava Robert. J.
Chen Yafeng
Craley C. R.
Dahlberg M. L.
Fleitman J. A.
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