DOI

The magnetic phase transition in the iron-nickel fcc alloy (Formula presented) doped by carbon is investigated. Combining neutron depolarization and small-angle neutron scattering analysis, we demonstrate the coexistence of two length scales of magnetic correlations above (Formula presented) in this intrinsically disordered system. A smaller scale length is attributed to the critical fluctuations. The shape of these fluctuations is well described by the Ornstein-Zernike expression. According to the strong depolarization above (Formula presented) the larger-scale correlations with characteristic length (Formula presented) cannot be described by the Ornstein-Zernike expression and its shape could be roughly modeled by the “squared Ornstein-Zernike” formula: (Formula presented).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3206-3211
Number of pages6
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume58
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998

    Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

ID: 86438316