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Anisotropic magnetic properties and superzone gap formation in CeGe single crystal

Pranab Kumar Das·Neeraj Kumar·R. Kulkarni·S. K. Dhar·A. Thamizhavel
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Single crystals of CeGe and its non-magnetic analogue LaGe have been grown by Czochralski method. CeGe compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic FeB-type crystal structure with the space group \textit{Pnma} (#62). The anisotropic magnetic properties have been investigated on well oriented single crystals by measuring the magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity and heat capacity. It has been found that CeGe orders antiferromagnetically at 10.5 K. Both transport and magnetic studies have revealed large anisotropy reflecting the orthorhombic crystal structure. The magnetization measurement measured at 2 K revealed metamagnetic transitions along the [010] direction at 4.8 and 6.4 T and along [100] direction at a critical field of 10.7 T, while the magnetiztaion along [001] direction was increasing linearly without any anomaly up to a field of 16 T. From the magnetic susceptibility and the magnetization measurements it has been found that [010] direction is the easy axis of magnetization. The electrical resistivity along the three crystallographic directions exhibited an upturn at $T_{\rm N}$ indicating the superzone gap formation below $T_{\rm N}$ in this compound. We have performed the crystalline electric field (CEF) analysis on the magnetic susceptibility and the heat capacity data and found that the ground state is doublet and the splitting energies from the ground state to the first and second excited doublet states were estimated to be 39 and 111 K, respectively.

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Pranab Kumar Das, Neeraj Kumar, R. Kulkarni, S. K. Dhar, A. Thamizhavel. 2012-04-11. Anisotropic magnetic properties and superzone gap formation in CeGe single crystal. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984%2F24%2F14%2F146003

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