摘要
We report on the crystal-field(CF)levels of Nd^3+in Nd3CrGe3Be2O14,a representative of recently synthesized Be-containing langasites.They are the first in the family to contain two magnetic subsystems,1 D chromium and Kagome-like rare-earth ones.High-resolution broad-band temperature-dependent spectra allow us to find all five CF Kramers doublets of the ground 4I9/2 CF multiplet and 38 levels of the excited 4I11/2,13/2,15/2,4F3/2,4F5/2+2H9/2,4F7/2+4S3/2 and 4F9/2 CF multiplets.These data form a basis for a future exploration of this interesting two-sublattice magnet with frustrated interactions.Optical transitions between Kramers doublets of Nd^3+indicate magnetic activity of 1D-chromium chains at T<20 K.
We report on the crystal-field（CF） levels of Nd3+in Nd3CrGe3Be2O14,a representative of recently synthesized Be-containing langasites.They are the first in the family to contain two magnetic subsystems,1 D chromium and Kagome-like rare-earth ones.High-resolution broad-band temperature-dependent spectra allow us to find all five CF Kramers doublets of the ground 4I9/2 CF multiplet and 38 levels of the excited 4I11/2,13/2,15/2,4F3/2,4F5/2+2H9/2,4F7/2+4S3/2 and 4F9/2 CF multiplets.These data form a basis for a future exploration of this interesting two-sublattice magnet with frustrated interactions.Optical transitions between Kramers doublets of Nd3+ indicate magnetic activity of 1D-chromium chains at T <20 K.
基金
Project supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research(17-02-00603)
