Published July 26, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Inhomogeneous magnetic ordered state and evolution of magnetic fluctuations in Sr(Co1xNix)2P2 revealed by P31 NMR

  • 1. Ames National Laboratory, United States Department of Energy, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
  • 2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA

Description

SrCo2P2 with a tetragonal structure is known to be a Stoner-enhanced Pauli paramagnetic metal being nearly ferromagnetic. Recently J. Schmidt et al. [Phys. Rev. B 108, 174415 (2023)] reported that a ferromagnetic ordered state is actually induced by a small Ni substitution for Co of x=0.02 in Sr(Co1xNix)2P2 where an antiferromagnetic ordered phase also appears by further Ni substitution with x=0.060.35. Here, using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements on P31 nuclei, we have investigated how the magnetic properties change by the Ni substitution in Sr(Co1xNix)2P2 from a microscopic point of view, especially focusing on the evolution of magnetic fluctuations with the Ni substitution and the characterization of the magnetically ordered states. The temperature dependencies of the P31 spin-lattice relaxation rate divided by temperature (1/T1T) and Knight shift (K) for SrCo2P2 are reasonably explained by a model where a double-peak structure for the density of states near the Fermi energy is assumed. Based on a Korringa ratio analysis using the T1 and K data, ferromagnetic spin fluctuations are found to dominate in the ferromagnetic Sr(Co1xNix)2P2 as well as the antiferromagnets where no clear antiferromagnetic fluctuations are observed. We also found the distribution of the ordered Co moments in the magnetically ordered states from the analysis of the P31-NMR spectra exhibiting a characteristic rectangular-like shape.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.110.014439;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/100000015; 10.13039/100006151; 10.13039/100013055;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review B
Journal Volume
110
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
12 pgs.
ISSN
1550-235X

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©2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
DE-AC02-07CH11358
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Funding organization
U.S. Department of Energy; Basic Energy Sciences; Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering