Polarization-optical domain study of the ferromagnetic/ferroelectric/ferroelastic phase of cobalt-iodine boracite (Co3B7O13I)

Clin, Martial Guy Jean Marie; Rivera, Jean-Pierre; Schmid, Hans

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English

Polarization-optical domain study of the ferromagnetic/ferroelectric/ferroelastic phase of cobalt-iodine boracite (Co3B7O13I)

ContributorsClin, Martial Guy Jean Marie; Rivera, Jean-Pierre; Schmid, Hans

Published inJapanese journal of applied physics, vol. 24, no. Suppl. 24-2, Proc. Int. Meet. Ferroelectr., 6th, p. 1054-1056

Publication date1985

Abstract

Measurements of the spontaneous birefringence between 200 K to 10 K are reported. The symmetry of the ferromagnetic phases below 38 K is determined and consistent with Shubnikov point group m'm1'. A possible mechanism associated with the 28 K magnetic transition is proposed.

Keywords

Ferroelectric domain
Magnetic domain (in cobalt-iodine boracite ferromagnetic phase)
Birefringence
Magnetic structure (of cobalt-iodine boracite ferromagnetic ferroelec. ferroelastic phase)

Affiliation entities

Faculté des sciences / Section de chimie et biochimie / Département de chimie minérale, analytique et appliquée

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation - 1984

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CLIN, Martial Guy Jean Marie, RIVERA, Jean-Pierre, SCHMID, Hans. Polarization-optical domain study of the ferromagnetic/ferroelectric/ferroelastic phase of cobalt-iodine boracite (Co3B7O13I). In: Japanese journal of applied physics, 1985, vol. 24, p. 1054–1056.

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PID : unige:30931

Commercial URLhttp://jjap.jsap.jp/link?JJAPS/24S2/1054

Journal ISSN0021-4922

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Polarization-optical domain study of the ferromagnetic/ferroelectric/ferroelastic phase of cobalt-iodine boracite (Co3B7O13I)

Measurements of the spontaneous birefringence between 200 K to 10 K are reported. The symmetry of the ferromagnetic phases below 38 K is determined and consistent with Shubnikov point group m'm1'. A possible mechanism associated with the 28 K magnetic transition is proposed.

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