Tri-axial orientation under modulated rotation magnetic fields (MRFs) and the growth of single crystals in ambient pressure were demonstrated in various REBa2Cu4O8 (RE124; RE, rare earth elements) compounds. RE124 crystals have been successfully grown for RE = Y, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, and Er. Optimal growth temperature regions for RE124 largely depended on the type of RE and became narrower in the case of lighter RE ions. By applying an MRF of 10 T, powders of all the grown RE124 were tri-axially oriented in epoxy resin at room temperature, and their orientation axes were clearly dependent on the type of RE ions in RE124. Furthermore, it was found from the changes in the degree of orientation under three different MRF conditions that tri-axial single-ion magnetic anisotropies of heavy RE3+ ions were highest among magnetic anisotropies generated by Cu–O networks and RE3+ ions. The appropriate choice of RE ions in RE-based cuprate superconductors enables the reduction of the magnetic field required for the production of bulk and thick films based on the magnetic orientation technique.
We report a novel quantification method of tri-axial magnetic anisotropy in orthorhombic substances containing rare earth (RE) ions using tri-axial magnetic alignment and tri-axial magnetic anisotropies depending on the type of RE in RE-based cuprate superconductors. From the changes in the axes for magnetization in magnetically aligned powders of (RE′1−xRE″x)2Ba4Cu7Oy [(RE′,RE″)247] containing RE ions with different single-ion magnetic anisotropies, the ratios of three-dimensional magnetic anisotropies between RE′247 and RE″247 could be determined. The results in (Y,Er)247, (Dy,Er)247, (Ho,Er)247, and (Y,Eu)247 systems suggest that magnetic anisotropies largely depended on the type of RE′ (or RE″), even in the heavy RE ions with higher magnetic anisotropies. An appropriate choice of RE ions in RE-based cuprate superconductors enables the reduction of the required magnetic field for the production of their bulks and thick films based on the tri-axial magnetic alignment technique using modulated rotation magnetic fields.
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