Stoichiometric YFe2O4-δ single crystals grown by the optical floating zone method

Abstract

We report the growth of YFe2O4-δ single crystals by the optical floating zone method, showing for the first time the same magnetization as highly stoichiometric (δ= 0.00) powder samples and sharp superstructure reflections in single crystal x-ray diffraction. The latter can be attributed to three dimensional long-range charge ordering. Resonant x-ray diffraction at the Fe K-edge with full linear polarization analysis was used for the investigation of the possibility of orbital order.

6 pages, 8 figures

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• Growth of layered Lu${}_2$Fe${}_3$O${}_7$ and Lu${}_3$Fe${}_4$O${}_{10}$ single crystals exhibiting long-range charge order via the optical floating-zone method