Journal article
Magnetic anisotropy and quantized spin waves in hematite nanoparticles
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark1
Nano-Microstructures in Materials, Materials Research Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark2
Materials Research Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark3
Electroceramics, Fuel Cells and Solid State Chemistry Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark4
Fuel Cells and Solid State Chemistry Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark5
Thermo Ceramics, Fuel Cells and Solid State Chemistry Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark6
Quantum Physics and Information Technology, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark7
Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark8
Paul Scherrer Institute9
We report on the observation of high-frequency collective magnetic excitations, (h) over bar omegaapproximate to1.1 meV, in hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) nanoparticles. The neutron scattering experiments include measurements at temperatures in the range 6-300 K and applied fields up to 7.5 T as well as polarization analysis.
We give an explanation for the field- and temperature dependence of the excitations, which are found to have strongly elliptical out-of-plane precession. The frequency of the excitations gives information on the magnetic anisotropy constants in the system. We have in this way determined the temperature dependence of the magnetic anisotropy, which is strongly related to the suppression of the Morin transition in nanoparticles of hematite.
Further, the localization of the signal in both energy and momentum transfer brings evidence for finite-size quantization of spin waves in the system.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2004 |
ISSN: | 1550235x , 10980121 , 01631829 and 24699950 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.214411 |
ORCIDs: | Kuhn, Luise Theil , Bahl, Christian Robert Haffenden , Frandsen, Cathrine and 0000-0003-4282-756X |