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J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 49, Number C8, Décembre 1988
Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism
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| Page(s) | C8-2027 - C8-2028 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19888921 | |
Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism
J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C8-2027-C8-2028
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19888921
1 The Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford. OX1 3PU G.B.
2 Becton Center, Yale University, P.O. Box 2157, CT 06520 U.S.A.
J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C8-2027-C8-2028
DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19888921
MAGNETOACOUSTIC INTERFEROMETRY OF METASTABLE STATES IN Dy3Al5O12
J. F. Gregg1, 2, I. D. Morris1, 2, M. R. Wells1, 2 et W. P. Wolf1, 21 The Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford. OX1 3PU G.B.
2 Becton Center, Yale University, P.O. Box 2157, CT 06520 U.S.A.
Abstract
We describe the construction and operation of an acoustic interferometer of exceptional sensitivity which we use to probe metastable phenomena that occur between the two time reversed antiferromagnetic states in Dy3Al5O12, in the vicinity of the phase transition to the paramagnetic state.