Spin reorientation transition in the incommensurate stripe-ordered phase of La3/2Sr1/2NiO4
arXiv:cond-mat/0208363 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.66.212405
Abstract
The spin ordering of La3/2Sr1/2NiO4 was investigated by magnetization measurements, and by unpolarized- and polarized-neutron diffraction. Spin ordering with an incommensurability epsilon ~ 0.445 is observed below T_so ~ 80 K. On cooling, a spin reorientation is observed at 57 +/- 1 K, with the spin axes rotating from 52 +/- 4 degrees to 78 +/- 3 degrees. This is the first time a spin reorientation has been observed in a La2-xSrxNiO4+delta compound having incommensurate stripe order.
REVTex 4. 4 pages including 4 figures. Minor changes to text. Accepted to be published in Physical Review B