Magnetic Phase Transitions in Ultrathin YFeO3 Films According
to Synchrotron Mössbauer Reflectometry Data

V. V. Izyurov; Изюров В. В.; A. P. Nosov; Носов А. П.; I. V. Gribov; Грибов И. В.; M. A. Andreeva; Андреева М. А.

doi:10.31857/S0015323023600235

Magnetic Phase Transitions in Ultrathin YFeO3 Films According to Synchrotron Mössbauer Reflectometry Data

Authors: Izyurov V.V.¹, Nosov A.P.¹, Gribov I.V.¹, Andreeva M.A.²
Affiliations:
1. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
2. Department of Physics, Moscow State University
Issue: Vol 124, No 7 (2023)
Pages: 566-576
Section: ЭЛЕКТРИЧЕСКИЕ И МАГНИТНЫЕ СВОЙСТВА
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0015-3230/article/view/139421
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0015323023600235
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/OZIIJI
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The magnetic properties of ultrathin single-crystal Y57FeO3 orthoferrite films have been studied by Mössbauer reflectometry. Mössbauer spectra were measured using the ESRF synchrotron in the reflection geometry. As the temperature changes from 3.6 K to about 773 K, the splitting of the Zeeman sextet in the spectra successively decreases and, simultaneously, a quadrupole doublet appears in them, which indicates the development of a magnetic phase transition. From the temperature dependences of the magnetic hyperfine field Bhf for the main orthorhombic Y57FeO3 phase, Néel temperatures equal to TN ≈ 593 K, 562 K, and 567 K and the critical parameter values equal to β ≈ (0.28–0.3) ± 0.02 are determined in films with thicknesses of 28, 6.5, and 4 nm, respectively. An analysis of changing the ratio of the line intensities in the Zeeman sextet with temperature makes it possible to trace the successive rotation of the direction of the antiferromagnetic axes in Y57FeO3 toward the surface plane with an increase in the temperature and a decrease in the film thickness.

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yttrium orthoferrite, Mössbauer spectroscopy, antiferromagnets, thin films

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