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Magnetic ordering in ternary RMn2Ge2 compounds (R = Tb, Ho, Er, Tm, Lu) from neutron diffraction study |
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| Authors: | G. Venturini B. Malaman E. Ressouche |
| Affiliation: | a Laboratoire de Chimie du Solide Minéral, Université Henri Poincaré-Nancy 1, associé au CNRS (URA 158), B.P. 239, 54506, Vandoeuvre les Nancy Cedex, France b CEA/Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Mutière Condensée/SPSMS-MDN, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054, Grenoble Cedex 9, France |
| Abstract: | The compounds RMn2Ge2 (R = Tb, Ho, Er, Tm, Lu) have been investigated by neutron diffraction. TbMn2Ge2 is a collinear ferrimagnet with the Mn and Tb moment aligned along the c axis (μTB = 8.81(59) μB: μMn = 2.21(44) μB). HoMn2Ge2 exhibits incommensurale ordering below 2.1 K characterized by two wavevectors at 1.3 K: q1 = (0.1543(4), 0.1543(4), 0) and q2 = (0.210(1), 0.007(1), 0). The Mn sublattice remains antiferromagnetic down to 1.3 K (μMn = 2.38(6) μB). The Er moments order ferromagnetically below 5.5 K in ErMn2Ge2 (μMn = 6.81(31) μB). The moments are perpendicular to the c axis. The Mn sublattice remains antiferromagnetic down to 1.8 K (μMn = 2.34(18) μB). The magnetic structure of TmMn2Ge2 is characterized by the propagation vector (0.0.1/2). the Tm moments lying in the basal plane. The ordering of the Tm moments yields a canting of the Mn moments (τ = 21(3)°); μTm = 6.63(18) μB; μMn = 2.28(27) μB). The antiferromagnetic structure of LuMn2Ge2 has been determined (μMn = 2.32(14) μB). The evolution of the magnetic properties of the heavy rare earth compounds RMn2Ge2 is discussed. |
| Keywords: | Rare earth manganese germanides Neutron diffraction Magnetic structure determination Magnetic properties |
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