Studies of magneto-electric crystals using spherical neutron polarimetry

被引：32

作者：

Brown, PJ

Forsyth, JB

Tasset, F

机构：

[1] Inst Max Von Laue Paul Langevin, F-38042 Grenoble, France

[2] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England

[3] Univ Loughborough, Dept Phys, Loughborough LE11 3TU, Leics, England

来源：

SOLID STATE SCIENCES | 2005年 / 7卷 / 06期

关键词：

magneto-electricity; antiferromagnetism; neutron polarimetry;

D O I：

10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2004.11.014

中图分类号：

O61 [无机化学];

学科分类号：

070301 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Spherical neutron polarimetry provides a new tool for the study. of magneto-electric crystals since it allows the rotation of scattered polarisation, characteristic of this clams of crystal to be measured. Measurement of this rotation not only allows the relative populations of the magneto-electric domains to be determined, but also permits precise determination of the antiferromagnetic structure factors and hence of the magnetisation distribution leading to magneto-electricity. The method was initially applied to Cr2O3; in the present article we describe its use to study other magneto-electric crystals including LiCoPO4 and MnGeO3. (c) 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：682 / 689

页数：8

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