Magnetization and magnetic anisotropy of R2Fe14B measured on single crystals

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Abstract
The temperature dependence of the saturation magnetization and the magnetocrystalline anisotropy field have been measured on single‐crystal samples of the R2Fe14B compounds for R=Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm from 4.2 K to the magnetic ordering temperatures. A spin reorientation transition of the Nd2Fe14B type has been found in Ho2Fe14B at 57.6 K in zero field. Another type of spin reorientation caused by anisotropy compensation between the Fe and the R sublattices exists in Er2Fe14B and Tm2Fe14B. The temperature dependence of the angle of the easy direction of magnetization from the c axis has been measured for R=Nd, Ho, Er, and Tm. The relation between the magnetocrystalline anisotropy and the sublattice magnetization is investigated by employing a simplified two‐sublattice molecular field model.