Crystal growth and magnetic properties of GdFeO3 crystals by floating zone method

Abstract GdFeO 3 and other rare earth substituted crystals with distorted orthorhombic pervoskite-like structure (space group Pbnm) have attracted much attention due to their remarkable magnetic properties of primary significance for technological applications. In the present work, the floating zone growth of GdFeO 3 crystals has been systematically investigated and high quality GdFeO 3 crystal was obtained by optimized process. The intrinsic magnetic properties of GdFeO 3 crystal were investigated. GdFeO 3 crystal displayed paramagnetic characteristic at low temperature, as temperature increased, a transition from paramagnetism to antiferromagnetism was observed.