We combine neutron powder diffraction and x-ray single-crystal magnetic diffraction at the Eu L2 edge to scrutinize the magnetic motif of the Eu ions in magnetoelectric EuTiO3. Our measurements are consistent with an antiferromagnetic G-type pattern with the Eu magnetic moments ordering along the a,b -plane diagonal. Recent reports of a novel transition at 2.75 K with a flop of magnetic moments upon poling the sample in an electric field cannot be confirmed for a nonpoled sample. Our neutron diffraction data do not show any significant change of the structure below the N´eel temperature. Magnetoelastic coupling, if present, is therefore expected to be negligible.
On the EuTiO3 magnetic structure
2012
Abstract
We combine neutron powder diffraction and x-ray single-crystal magnetic diffraction at the Eu L2 edge to scrutinize the magnetic motif of the Eu ions in magnetoelectric EuTiO3. Our measurements are consistent with an antiferromagnetic G-type pattern with the Eu magnetic moments ordering along the a,b -plane diagonal. Recent reports of a novel transition at 2.75 K with a flop of magnetic moments upon poling the sample in an electric field cannot be confirmed for a nonpoled sample. Our neutron diffraction data do not show any significant change of the structure below the N´eel temperature. Magnetoelastic coupling, if present, is therefore expected to be negligible.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
