In order to demonstrate that light rare-earth(RE)dopants with strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy, whose net moment couples are antiparallel to those of iron, can also induce giant magnetostriction in Gafenol, a ligh...In order to demonstrate that light rare-earth(RE)dopants with strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy, whose net moment couples are antiparallel to those of iron, can also induce giant magnetostriction in Gafenol, a light RE element Sm was selected as the third element to dope into FeGaalloy.(FeGa)Sm(0≤x≤0.42) ribbons were prepared by melt spinning. The increase of the lattice parameters and saturation magnetization indicates that some Sm atoms enter the A2 matrix substitutionally. Doping the FeGaribbons with the light RE Sm element drastically improves the magnetostriction. Perpendicular magnetostriction value of λ=-5*10is achieved in(FeGa)Sm. It is confirmed that the stronger local magnetocrystalline anisotropy induces larger enhanced magnetostrictions. The greatly enhanced magnetostriction is somehow related to the local microstrains induced by the RE dopants. It is likely that the RE-induced defects in the(FeGa)REribbons function in the similar way as the Ga–Ga pair defects in the undoped Fe–Ga alloys.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Basic Research Program (No. 2012CB619404)the National High-Tech R&D Program (No. 2013AA030903)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51331001 and 51221163)
文摘In order to demonstrate that light rare-earth(RE)dopants with strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy, whose net moment couples are antiparallel to those of iron, can also induce giant magnetostriction in Gafenol, a light RE element Sm was selected as the third element to dope into FeGaalloy.(FeGa)Sm(0≤x≤0.42) ribbons were prepared by melt spinning. The increase of the lattice parameters and saturation magnetization indicates that some Sm atoms enter the A2 matrix substitutionally. Doping the FeGaribbons with the light RE Sm element drastically improves the magnetostriction. Perpendicular magnetostriction value of λ=-5*10is achieved in(FeGa)Sm. It is confirmed that the stronger local magnetocrystalline anisotropy induces larger enhanced magnetostrictions. The greatly enhanced magnetostriction is somehow related to the local microstrains induced by the RE dopants. It is likely that the RE-induced defects in the(FeGa)REribbons function in the similar way as the Ga–Ga pair defects in the undoped Fe–Ga alloys.
