Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 49, Numéro C8, Décembre 1988
Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism
Page(s) C8-1497 - C8-1498
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19888689
Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism

J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C8-1497-C8-1498

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19888689

TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAGNETIC ORDER IN HEXAGONAL LuFe2O4

J. Iida1, 2, Y. Nakagawa1, S. Funahashi3, S. Takekawa4 et N. Kimizuka4

1  Institute for Materials research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan
2  Ochanomizu University, Bunkyo 112, Japan.
3  Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai 319-11, Japan
4  National Institute for Researches in Inorganic Materials, Tsukuba 305, Japan


Abstract
Neutron diffraction measurements have been performed on a LuFe2O4 single crystal with a hexagonal layered structure. At low temperatures a 2:l ferrimagntic spin arrangement of Fe ions is realized in each layer consisting of two triangular nets. The magnetic interaction between the different layers is so weak that the magnetic order is quasi-two-dimensional.