TY - JOUR
T1 - Field-induced phases in HoMnO 3 at low temperatures
AU - Lorenz, B.
AU - Yen, F.
AU - Gospodinov, M. M.
AU - Chu, C. W.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - The field-induced re-entrant phase in multiferroic hexagonal HoMnO 3 is investigated to lower temperatures by dc magnetization, ac susceptibility, and specific heat measurements at various magnetic fields. Two new phases have been unambiguously identified below the Néel transition temperature, T N=76 K, for magnetic fields up to 50 kOe. The existence of an intermediate phase between the P6 3cm and P6 3cm magnetic structures (previously predicted from dielectric measurements) was confirmed and the magnetic properties of this phase have been investigated. At low temperatures (T < 5 K) a dome shaped phase boundary characterized by a magnetization jump and a narrow heat capacity peak was detected between the magnetic fields of 5 kOe and 18 kOe. The transition across this phase boundary is of first order and the magnetization and entropy jumps obey the magnetic analogue of the Clausius-Clapeyron relation. Four of the five low-temperature phases coexist at a tetracritical point at 2 K and 18 kOe. The complex magnetic phase diagram so derived provides an informative basis for unraveling the underlying driving forces for the occurrence of the various phases and the coupling between the different orders.
AB - The field-induced re-entrant phase in multiferroic hexagonal HoMnO 3 is investigated to lower temperatures by dc magnetization, ac susceptibility, and specific heat measurements at various magnetic fields. Two new phases have been unambiguously identified below the Néel transition temperature, T N=76 K, for magnetic fields up to 50 kOe. The existence of an intermediate phase between the P6 3cm and P6 3cm magnetic structures (previously predicted from dielectric measurements) was confirmed and the magnetic properties of this phase have been investigated. At low temperatures (T < 5 K) a dome shaped phase boundary characterized by a magnetization jump and a narrow heat capacity peak was detected between the magnetic fields of 5 kOe and 18 kOe. The transition across this phase boundary is of first order and the magnetization and entropy jumps obey the magnetic analogue of the Clausius-Clapeyron relation. Four of the five low-temperature phases coexist at a tetracritical point at 2 K and 18 kOe. The complex magnetic phase diagram so derived provides an informative basis for unraveling the underlying driving forces for the occurrence of the various phases and the coupling between the different orders.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.014438
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.014438
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:16344365564
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 71
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 1
M1 - 014438
ER -