Magnetoelastic coupling in the stretched diamond lattice of TbTaO₄

2025/01/27 by Zhang, Xiaotian, Kelly, Nicola, Sheptyakov, Denis +4
#FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2501.15989

Abstract

The magnetic structure of diamond-like lattice has been studied extensively in terms of the magnetic frustration. Here we report the distortion of stretched diamond lattice of Tb³⁺ (4f⁸) in M-TbTaO₄ on application of a magnetic field. We have investigated the structural and magnetic properties of M phase terbium tantalate M-TbTaO₄ as a function of temperature and magnetic field using magnetometry and powder neutron diffraction. Sharp λ-shape transitions in d(χT)/dT, dM/dH and specific heat data confirm the previously reported three-dimensional (3D) antiferromagnetic ordering at T_N ≈ 2.25 K. On application of a magnetic field the Néel temperature is found to decrease and variable field neutron diffraction experiments below T_N at 1.6 K show an increase in both the bond and angle distortion of the stretched diamond lattice with magnetic field, indicating a potential magneto-elastic coupling effect. By combining our magnetometry, heat capacity and neutron diffraction results we generate a magnetic phase diagram for M-TbTaO₄ as a function of temperature and field.

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