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Spin-glass behavior in Shastry-Sutherland lattice of Tm$_\textbf{2}$Cu$_\textbf{2}$In

Materials Science 2021-11-10 v2

Abstract

The spin-glass behavior in the ferromagnetic phase of Tm2Cu2In\mathrm{Tm_2Cu_2In} was investigated by dc-, ac-magnetization, and non-equilibrium dynamics characterizations. Arc-melted polycrystalline compound of Tm2Cu2In\mathrm{Tm_2Cu_2In} crystallizes in Mo2FeB2\mathrm{Mo_2FeB_2}-type tetragonal structure (space group P4/mbmP_4/mbm). The temperature variation dc-magnetization exhibits a ferromagnetic behavior with Curie temperature TCT_C = 32.5 K. The zero-field cooled (ZFC) and field cooled (FC) magnetic curves show a thermomagnetic irreversible behavior below TCT_C. The field dependence of irreversible temperature follows Almeida-Thouless line. The frequency and ac-driven field-dependent anomalies in ac-susceptibility results indicate the existence of spin-glass state in Tm2Cu2In\mathrm{Tm_2Cu_2In}. The time dependence of magnetization further supports the spin-glass behavior observed in Tm2Cu2In\mathrm{Tm_2Cu_2In}. The frequency dependence of the freezing temperature in the real part of ac-susceptibility has been analyzed on the basis power-law divergence and Vogel-Fulcher law. The obtained results revealed that Tm2Cu2In\mathrm{Tm_2Cu_2In} belongs to a ferromagnetic canonical spin-glass class of compounds.

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@article{arxiv.2102.08230,
  title  = {Spin-glass behavior in Shastry-Sutherland lattice of Tm$_\textbf{2}$Cu$_\textbf{2}$In},
  author = {Baidyanath Sahu and R. Djoumessi Fobasso and Andre M. Strydom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.08230},
  year   = {2021}
}