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- Title
Anisotropy in the magnetic interaction and lattice-orbital coupling of single crystal Ni<sub>3</sub>TeO<sub>6</sub>.
- Authors
Ghosh, Anirudha; Chen, K.-H.; Qiu, X.-S.; Hsieh, S. H.; Shao, Y. C.; Du, C. H.; Wang, H. T.; Chin, Y. Y.; Chiou, J. W.; Ray, Sekhar C.; Tsai, H. M.; Pao, C. W.; Lin, H. J.; Lee, J. F.; Sankar, Raman; Chou, F. C.; Pong, W. F.
- Abstract
This investigation reports on anisotropy in the magnetic interaction, lattice-orbital coupling and degree of phonon softening in single crystal Ni3TeO6 (NTO) using temperature- and polarization-dependent X-ray absorption spectroscopic techniques. The magnetic field-cooled and zero-field-cooled measurements and temperature-dependent Ni L3,2-edge X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectra of NTO reveal a weak Ni-Ni ferromagnetic interaction close to ~60 K (TSO: temperature of the onset of spin ordering) with a net alignment of Ni spins (the uncompensated components of the Ni moments) along the crystallographic c-axis, which is absent from the ab-plane. Below the Néel temperature, TN~ 52 K, NTO is stable in the antiferromagnetic state with its spin axis parallel to the c-axis. The Ni L3,2-edge X-ray linear dichroism results indicate that above TSO, the Ni 3d eg electrons preferentially occupy the out-of-plane 3d3z2−r2 orbitals and switch to the in-plane 3dx2−y2 orbitals below TSO. The inherent distortion of the NiO6 octahedra and anisotropic nearest-neighbor Ni-O bond lengths between the c-axis and the ab-plane of NTO, followed by anomalous Debye-Waller factors and orbital-lattice in conjunction with spin-phonon couplings, stabilize the occupied out-of-plane (3d3z2−r2) and in-plane (3dx2−y2) Ni eg orbitals above and below TSO, respectively.
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-018-33976-w