Evidence of magnetic anisotropy and spin-reorientation in the textured MnBi crystal

Magnetic anisotropy is investigated systematically for the textured MnBi crystal. The magnetic anisotropy exists in magnetization behaviors, hysteresis loops, and remnant magnetization. An abnormal coercivity field Hc is found in the textured MnBi: Hc perpendicular to the c-axis is larger than that parallel to the c-axis. The mechanism of anisotropy is discussed based on magnetocrystalline anisotropy in MnBi. The behavior of a.c. susceptibility has similar trends with frequency variation, not displaying a spin-disorder characteristic. The MnBi with ferromagnetic order has a higher loss under high frequencies than under low frequencies. Some spin-reorientation evidence in the MnBi is also obtained.