The temperature (4.2-90 K), ac magnetic field (1.25-50 Oe), frequency (5-125 Hz), and bias dc magnetic field (0-10 kOe) dependencies of the real and imaginary components of the ac magnetic susceptibility, and the temperature (4.2-250 K) and dc magnetic field(0.1-50 kOe) dependencies of the dc magnetic susceptibility and magnetization of a(Dy 0.5 Er 0.5 )Al 2 single crystal have been studied. Isothermal magnetization measurement in a dc magnetic field indicates that (Dy 0.5 Er 0.5 )Al 2 orders ferromagnetically at 37 K. The ac and dc magnetic susceptibilities of (Dy 0.5 Er 0.5 )Al 2 exhibit a similar behavior in the paramagnetic region but quite different behaviors in the ferromagnetic state. Both the real and imaginary components of the ac magnetic susceptibility are sensitive to the applied ac magnetic field, the crystallographic direction, and the bias magnetic field, showing that domain wall dynamics mainly account for the response to the ac magnetic field. The contributions to the magnetization process arise from the magnetically ordered Dy and Er sublattices and depend upon the single-ion anisotropy of the Dy and Er ions.
KeywordsPhysics and Astronomy, Materials Science and Engineering, dysprosium alloys, erbium alloys, aluminium alloys, ferromagnetic materials, magnetic susceptibility, magnetic domain walls, magnetic anisotropy
Disciplines
Condensed Matter Physics | Metallurgy
CommentsThe following article appeared in Journal of Applied Physics 100 (2006) The temperature ͑4.2-90 K͒, ac magnetic field ͑1.25-50 Oe͒, frequency ͑5 -125 Hz͒, and bias dc magnetic field ͑0-10 kOe͒ dependencies of the real and imaginary components of the ac magnetic susceptibility, and the temperature ͑4.2-250 K͒ and dc magnetic field ͑0.1-50 kOe͒ dependencies of the dc magnetic susceptibility and magnetization of a ͑Dy 0.5 Er 0.5 ͒Al 2 single crystal have been studied. Isothermal magnetization measurement in a dc magnetic field indicates that ͑Dy 0.5 Er 0.5 ͒Al 2 orders ferromagnetically at 37 K. The ac and dc magnetic susceptibilities of ͑Dy 0.5 Er 0.5 ͒Al 2 exhibit a similar behavior in the paramagnetic region but quite different behaviors in the ferromagnetic state. Both the real and imaginary components of the ac magnetic susceptibility are sensitive to the applied ac magnetic field, the crystallographic direction, and the bias magnetic field, showing that domain wall dynamics mainly account for the response to the ac magnetic field. The contributions to the magnetization process arise from the magnetically ordered Dy and Er sublattices and depend upon the single-ion anisotropy of the Dy and Er ions.