Phase diagram of the mixed-spin (1,3/2) Ising ferrimagnetic system with two different anisotropies

Abstract

In this work, we have performed Monte Carlo simulations to study phase transitions in a mixed spin-1 and spin-3/2 Ising ferrimagnetic system on the square and cubic lattices and with two different single-ion anisotropies. This lattice is divided in two interpenetrating sublattices with spins $S^A = 1$ (states $\pm1$ and 0) on the sublattice $A$ and $S^B = 3/2$ (states $\pm 3/2$, $\pm 1/2$) on the sublattice $B$. We have used single-ion anisotropies $D_{A}$ and $D_{B}$ acting on the sites of the sublattice $A$ and $B$, receptively. We have determined the phase diagrams of the model in the temperature $T$ versus the single-ion anisotropies strength $D_A$ and $D_B$ plane and shown that the system exhibits both second- and first-order phase transitions. We also have shown that this system displays compensation points for some values of the anisotropies.