Abstract
Transmission spectroscopy data in wide spectral and temperature ranges are presented for Ho2BaNiO5. A quasi-doublet ground state of the non-Kramers Ho3+ ion, previously predicted theoretically, is confirmed experimentally for the first time. Its temperature-dependent splitting manifesting magnetic ordering at the Neél temperature TN=49K is discussed in the frame of the perturbation and mean-field approaches. Holmium contribution into the magnetic susceptibility χ(T) and specific heat C(T) is calculated using the spectroscopic data. The calculated contribution describes well experimental data available in literature. Analysis of shifts of the Ho3+ energy levels reveals magnetoelastic interactions in the antiferromagnetic state of Ho2BaNiO5.
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