2013/07/08 by J. O. Piatek, B. Dalla Piazza, N. Nikseresht +12 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Condensed Matter Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.88.014408
published as Phys. Rev. B 88, 014408 (2013) · 11 pages, 5 figures
openalex publication_date 2013/07/08 · arxiv created 2013/07/16 · arxiv updated 2013/07/17 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
We present the experimental phase diagram of LiHoxEr_1\ensuremath-xF4, a dilution series of dipolar-coupled model magnets. The phase diagram was determined using a combination of ac susceptibility and neutron scattering. Three unique phases in addition to the Ising ferromagnet LiHoF4 and the XY antiferromagnet LiErF4 have been identified. Below x=0.86, an embedded spin-glass phase is observed, where a spin glass exists within the ferromagnetic structure. Below x=0.57, an Ising spin glass is observed consisting of frozen needlelike clusters. For x\ensuremath∼0.3--0.1, an antiferromagnetically coupled spin glass occurs. A reduction of TC(x) for the ferromagnet is observed which disobeys the mean-field predictions that worked for LiHoxY_1\ensuremath-xF4.