Magnetic properties of a highly ordered single crystal of the layered perovskite YBaCuFe$_{0.95}$Mn$_{0.05}$O$_5$

TL;DR

This study investigates the structural and magnetic properties of a highly ordered single crystal of layered perovskite YBaCuFe0.95Mn0.05O5, revealing two collinear magnetic phases and emphasizing the effects of Mn substitution and cationic order.

Contribution

It provides the first detailed analysis of the magnetic phases in a highly ordered single crystal of YBaCuFe0.95Mn0.05O5, highlighting the impact of Mn doping and cationic order on magnetic behavior.

Findings

Two collinear magnetic phases identified

Absence of incommensurate spiral order

High Fe/Cu cationic order (~90%)

Abstract

The layered perovskite YBaCuFeO5 (YBCFO) is able to adopt chiral magnetic order up to unexpectedly high temperatures, paving the way to strong magnetoelectric coupling at room temperature. In this perovskite A-site cations are fully ordered whereas the occupancy of the B-sites strongly depend on the preparation process. Though the structure is not geometrically frustrated, the presence of partial Fe3+/Cu2+ disorder at the B-sites produces magnetic frustration. In an effort to increase the spin-orbit coupling in the system, we have synthesized and studied YBaCuFe0.95Mn0.05O5 in single crystal form, where the highly symmetric Fe3+ ions (3d5) are partially substituted with Jahn-Teller active 3d4 Mn3+ ions. We report the structural and magnetic properties of a highly ordered single crystal of this layered perovskite, which are presented in comparison with a polycrystalline specimen (three times more disordered). Single-crystal neutron diffraction measurements reveal two collinear magnetic phases and the lack of incommensurate spiral order. The magnetic phases and transitions found in the crystal grown by the traveling solvent floating zone (TSFZ) method are fully described and analyzed in the light of its high level of Fe/Cu cationic order (~90%).