Title :
Unique angular dependence of the unusual first order transition temperature in Gd/sub 5/(Si/sub 0.5/Ge/sub 0.5/)/sub 4/
Author :
Han, M. ; Jiles, D.C. ; Lee, S.J. ; Snyder, J.E. ; Lograsso, T.A. ; Schlagel, D.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA
fDate :
March 30 2003-April 3 2003
Abstract :
In this paper, we study the field dependence of the transition temperature (T/sub c/) leads to a transition temperature which changes as a function of angle of the magnetic field in Gd/sub 5/(Si/sub 0.5/Ge/sub 0.5/)/sub 4/.
Keywords :
Curie temperature; Ge-Si alloys; exchange interactions (electron); gadolinium alloys; magnetic moments; magnetic semiconductors; solid-state phase transformations; thermal expansion; Gd/sub 5/(Si/sub 0.5/Ge/sub 0.5/)/sub 4/; Gd/sub 5/(Si/sub 0.5/Ge/sub 0.5/)/sub 4/ compound; angular dependence; magnetic field; transition temperature; Chemicals; Laboratories; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic field induced strain; Magnetic fields; Magnetic materials; Magnetostriction; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Temperature dependence; US Department of Energy;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference, 2003. INTERMAG 2003. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7647-1
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2003.1230923
