https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2008-00077-1
Magneto-elastic properties of Tb3Ga5O12 (TGG)
1
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan
2
Physikalisches Institut, Universität Frankfurt, 60054 Frankfurt, Germany
Corresponding author: a bm_luethi@bluewin.ch
Received:
14
January
2008
Published online:
22
February
2008
The temperature dependence of the elastic constants in Tb3Ga5O12 was measured and analysed with a simple crystal field model. The magneto-elastic coupling constants have been deduced from this experiment. The coupling constant gΓ5, related to the c44 mode, is anomalously large. These coupling constants are important for the interpretation of the phonon Hall effect.
PACS: 75.80.+q – Magnetomechanical and magnetoelectric effects, magnetostriction, galvanomagnetic effects / 71.70.Ch – Crystal and ligand fields / 62.20.de – Elastic moduli
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