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高通量制备的SmxPr1–xFeO3晶体中反铁磁自旋模式和晶体场跃迁的太赫兹光谱

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.69.20200732

Terahertz spectroscopic characterization of spin mode and crystal-field transition in high-throughput grown \bf Sm_ x\bf Pr_ 1– x\bf FeO_3 crystals

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.69.20200732
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  • 太赫兹辐射已经成为研究稀土铁氧化物(RFeO3)的远红外响应和电子自旋特性的有效手段. 本文研究了高通量制备的稀土共掺杂SmxPr1–xFeO3单晶在零磁场下的反铁磁自旋模式(qAFM)和稀土离子的晶体场跃迁. 利用透射型太赫兹时域光谱, 实验测得Sm0.2Pr0.8FeO3和Sm0.4Pr0.6FeO3单晶的qAFM共振频率位于PrFeO3单晶和SmFeO3单晶的qAFM共振频率(分别为0.57和0.42 THz)的连线上. SmxPr1–xFeO3的qAFM模式频率随Sm3+离子掺杂浓度的增大而增大. 实验结果表明, Sm0.4Pr0.6FeO3在160 K左右发生温度诱导的自旋重取向相变. 当晶体温度低于80 K, 晶体场效应导致Sm0.2Pr0.8FeO3的吸收谱在0.5 THz附近出现宽带吸收峰. 目前的研究结果表明, 太赫兹光谱数据有助于检测高通量制备稀土铁氧体的晶体质量和稀土元素含量, 并将提高稀土掺杂对材料物性调控的分析能力.

     

    Terahertz (THz) transient has become an effective method to study the optical and electronic spin characteristics of the rare earth orthoferrites RFeO3. High-throughput grown crystal sample is sliced at different locations, then the continuously tunable rare earth elements co-doped single crystal SmxPr1–xFeO3 is studied with antiferromagnetic spin mode (qAFM) and crystal field transitions of rare earth ions under zero magnetic fields. Using THz time-domain spectroscopy, the qAFM resonance frequencies of Sm0.2Pr0.8FeO3 and Sm0.4Pr0.6FeO3 single crystals are located on the connection line of the qAFM frequencies of PrFeO3 (0.57 THz) and SmFeO3 (0.42 THz), therefore the frequency of qAFM increases linearly with doping concentration of Sm3+ ion increasing. The Sm0.4Pr0.6FeO3 crystal undergoes a temperature-induced spin reorientation phase transition at about 160 K. When the crystal temperature is lower than 80 K, a wide band absorption peak of about 0.5 THz appears in the absorption spectrum of Sm0.2Pr0.8FeO3 due to the crystal field effect. Our results show that THz spectral data not only allow us to monitor the quality of rare earth orthoferrite crystals prepared by high throughput and analyze the rare earth elements of the sample, but also improve the ability to analyze the physical properties of the co-doped RFeO3.

     

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