Published June 10, 1982 | Version v1
Journal article

Temperature dependence of the spin waves in ErFe2

  • 1. Risoe National Lab., Roskilde (Denmark)
  • 2. National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC (USA). National Measurement Lab.
  • 3. National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC (USA)
  • 4. Naval Research Lab., Washington, DC (USA)

Description

The temperature renormalisation of the energies of the optic modes in ErFe2 has been determined from room temperature up to close to the Curie temperature (574 K). It is found that the two modes, a dispersive transition-metal mode and a localised crystal-field-dominated mode, cross over at about 420 K. The experimental results have been interpreted and are well accounted for by a linear spin wave model, where the level scheme of the lowest J multiplet of the Er3+ site has been assumed to consist of pure Jsub(z) states with an equidistant energy spacing between the levels. (author)

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Journal Title
J. Phys., C (London). Solid State Phys.
Journal Volume
15
Journal Issue
16
Series
J. Phys., C (London). Solid State Phys.
Journal Page Range
3587-3596
ISSN
0022-3719