Anisotropic Uniaxial Pressure Response in UCoAl Studied by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Measurement

TL;DR

This study investigates how uniaxial pressure along different axes affects the magnetic properties of UCoAl using nuclear magnetic resonance techniques, revealing axis-dependent modifications in magnetic transitions and spin dynamics.

Contribution

It provides new insights into the anisotropic pressure effects on Ising-type magnetism in UCoAl, demonstrating the tuning of magnetic states via uniaxial pressure.

Findings

Metamagnetic transition field increases with b-axis pressure.

Ferromagnetic transition appears along c-axis above 0.08 GPa.

Anisotropic pressure response affects spin-lattice relaxation rates.

Abstract

We have performed nuclear quadrupole resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance measurements on UCoAl with strong Ising-type anisotropy under $b$- and $c$-axes uniaxial pressure. In the $b$-axis uniaxial pressure ($P_{\parallel b}$) measurement, we observed an increase in the metamagnetic transition field with increasing $P_{\parallel b}$. In the $c$-axis uniaxial pressure ($P_{\parallel c}$) measurement, on the other hand, we observed a ferromagnetic transition in zero magnetic field along the $c$-axis above $P_{\parallel c}$ = 0.08 GPa. The anomaly of the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate divided by the temperature $\left[ (T_1 T)^{-1} \right]$ at $T$ = 20 K is suppressed by $P_{\parallel b}$ and slightly enhanced by $P_{\parallel c}$. The anisotropic uniaxial pressure response indicates that uniaxial pressure is a good parameter for tuning the Ising magnetism in UCoAl.