Universal magnetic structure of the half-magnetization phase in Cr-based spinels

2009/07/28 by M. Matsuda, K. Ohoyama, S. Yoshii +9 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.str-el

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.104.047201

4 pages, 4 figures

arxiv created 2009/07/28 · arxiv updated 2015/05/13

Abstract

Using an elastic neutron scattering technique under a pulsed magnetic field up to 30 T, we determined the magnetic structure in the half-magnetization plateau phase in the spinel CdCr₂O₄. The magnetic structure has a cubic P4₃32 symmetry, which is the same as that observed in HgCr₂O₄. This suggests that there is a universal field induced spin-lattice coupling mechanism at work in the Cr-based spinels.

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