1. Strongly anisotropic magnetocaloric effect in a dipolar magnet LiGdF$_4$
- Author
-
Andreev, G. Iu., Romanova, I. V., Morozov, O. A., Korableva, S. L., Batulin, R. G., Glazkov, V. N., and Sosin, S. S.
- Subjects
Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons ,Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
We report the detailed study of the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in a dipolar-Heisenberg magnet LiGdF$_4$ using magnetization measurements performed on a single crystal sample. Entropy variation on isothermal demagnetization from the magnetic field up to 3 T is determined in the temperature range 2-10 K for two principal directions of the applied field (parallel and perpendicular to the tetragonal $c$-axis of the crystal). The MCE is found to be highly anisotropic, with the cooling efficiency being up to twice higher at $H\parallel c$. The results are nicely interpreted in the frame of a conventional molecular field approach taking into account considerable anisotropy of the paramagnetic Curie-Weiss temperature. These results are compared to earlier studies of MCE in powder samples of LiGdF$_4$ [T. Numazawa et al., AIP Conf. Proc. 850, 1579 (2006)] as well as with analogous data for other well known magnetocaloric materials. Our findings may open new possibilities to enhance the efficiency of magnetic refrigeration in the liquid helium-4 temperature range., Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures
- Published
- 2023