M.I.Kobets, E.N.Khatsko, V.A.Bagulja
A differential magnetic susceptibility and an electron spin resonance are investigated in KTm(MoO4)2 single crystal at temperature 1.7 K at permanent magnetic fields up to 80 kOe. In the field range between 12 and 45 kOe a number of peculiarities of the differential susceptibility and the microwave absorption was found. It is assumed that these peculiarities are due to the sequence of alternating structural phase transition with commensurate and incommensurate structure (“devil's staircase”) induced by external magnetic field
Key words: phase transition, incommensurate phase, magnetic susceptibility, microwave absorption.
doi 10.3116/16091833/1/1/46/2000
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