Magnetic ordering inSr2RuO4induced by nonmagnetic impurities

M. Minakata, Y. Maeno
2001 Physical Review B (Condensed Matter)  
We report unusual effects of nonmagnetic impurities on the spin-triplet superconductor Sr2RuO4. The substitution of nonmagnetic Ti4+ for Ru4+ induces localized-moment magnetism characterized by unexpected Ising anisotropy with the easy axis along the interlayer c direction. Furthermore, for x(Ti) > 0.03 magnetic ordering occurs in the metallic state with the remnant magnetization along the c-axis. We argue that the localized moments are induced in the Ru4+ and/or oxygen ions surrounding Ti4+
more » ... that the ordering is due to their interaction mediated by itinerant Ru-4d electrons with strong spin fluctuations.
doi:10.1103/physrevb.63.180504 fatcat:7lpparcrkzdqzhbjtvnjilltni