Nonlinear magnetic susceptibility and aging phenomena in a reentrant ferromagnet: Cu0.2Co0.8Cl2FeCl3 graphite bi-intercalation compound

Masatsugu Suzuki and Itsuko S. Suzuki
Phys. Rev. B 69, 144424 – Published 23 April 2004
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Abstract

Linear and nonlinear dynamic properties of a reentrant ferromagnet Cu0.2Co0.8Cl2FeCl3 graphite bi-intercalation compound are studied using ac and dc magnetic susceptibility. This compound undergoes successive phase transitions at the transition temperatures Th(=16K), Tc(=9.7K), and TRSG(=3.5K). The static and dynamic behaviors of the reentrant spin-glass phase below TRSG are characterized by those of normal spin-glass phase with critical exponent β=0.57±0.10 and a dynamic critical exponent x=8.5±1.8. In the ferromagnetic phase (TRSG<~T<~Tc), a prominent nonlinear magnetic susceptibility is observed. The relaxation of the absorption χ(ω,t) with time t exhibits a weak power-law decay: χ(ω,t)tb where b0.07. These results suggest a chaotic nature of ferromagnetic phase.

  • Received 28 July 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.144424

©2004 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Masatsugu Suzuki* and Itsuko S. Suzuki

  • Department of Physics, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13902-6000, USA

  • *Email address: suzuki@binghamton.edu
  • Email address: itsuko@binghamton.edu

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Vol. 69, Iss. 14 — 1 April 2004

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