57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy studies of CaFe 4As 3

I. Nowik*, I. Felner, A. B. Karki, R. Jin

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Abstract

We report on the 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and direct-current magnetization studies of orthorhombic CaFe 4As 3, which undergoes two magnetic transitions with the formation of spin density wave at T N1= 88 K (incommensurate) and T N2= 26 K (commensurate). The magnetic Mössbauer spectroscopy spectra below T N1 are composed of four subspectra attributed to the four in-equivalent Fe crystallographic sites: three Fe ions in the divalent state (Fe2 +) and one as Fe1 +. However, the magnetic lines are much broader than that below T N2, indicating an incommensurate magnetic state. In the paramagnetic state, the Mössbauer spectroscopy spectra are composed of three doublets; one of them is related to Fe1 +. Evidence for spin fluctuations above T N1 is observed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number212402
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume84
Issue number21
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Dec 2011

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