Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 49, Numéro C8, Décembre 1988
Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism
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

MAGNETOACOUSTIC INTERFEROMETRY OF METASTABLE STATES IN Dy3Al5O12

J. F. Gregg1, 2, I. D. Morris1, 2, M. R. Wells1, 2 et W. P. Wolf1, 2

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.


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.