Cluster glass transition and relaxation in random spinel CoGa2O4

Abstract

We report magnetic properties in the random spinel magnet CoGa2O4. Rietveld analysis of the x-ray diffraction profile for CoGa2O4 reveals that the Co and Ga ions are distributed randomly in the tetrahedral A-sites and octahedral B-sites in the cubic spinel structure. CoGa2O4 exhibits a spin-glass transition at TSG = 8.2 K that is confirmed by measurements of the dc- and ac-susceptibilities and thermoremanent magnetization (TRM) that develops below TSG. From the frequency dependence of the freezing temperature Tf for CoGa2O4, it is indicated that the relaxation time follows a Vogel-Fulcher law. Magnetic entropy is considerably reduced, probably because magnetic cluster formation developed even at T > TSG. The relaxation rate of TRM is considerably enhanced at TSG and decays rapidly above and below TSG. The time course of TRM is reproduced by non-exponential relaxation forms, such as a stretched exponential (Kohlrausch) as well as Ogielski and Weron relaxation forms. This behavior is displayed universally in glass systems, and the characteristic parameters associated with these functions were reasonable.

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