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arXiv 0810.1907cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.str-el
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多铁性临界终点的观测

Observation of a multiferroic critical end point

Jae Wook Kim, S. Y. Haam, Y. S. Oh, S. Park, S. -W. Cheong, P. A. Sharma, M. Jaime, N. Harrison, Jung Hoon Han, Gun-Sang Jeon, P. Coleman, Kee Hoon Kim

摘要:

对磁化强度随磁场的突然增加的研究,即所谓的变磁跃迁,为巡游电子系统开辟了丰富的新物理学脉络,包括发现量子临界端点,该端点具有发展新秩序的明显倾向。然而,电模拟的变磁临界端点,一个“元电”的临界端点尚未实现。磁性和铁电性交叉耦合的多铁性材料是探索这种新的可能性使用磁场(\emph{H})作为调谐参数的理想候选者。本文报道了在多铁性BiMn $_{2}$ O $_{5}$中发现了磁场诱导的介电跃迁,其中在临界磁场\emph{H} $_{\rm c}$下,电极化(\emph{P})会随着Mn自旋翻转跃迁而发生极性转换.同时发生的介电和自旋翻转转变在冷却时变得更尖锐,但即使低至0.5K仍保持连续的交叉。在低于20 K的$μ_{0}$ \emph{H} $_{\rm c}$ $\approx$ 18 T处实现的\emph{P} =0线附近,介电常数($\varepsilon$)在宽的场和温度(\emph{T})范围内显著增加。在\emph{T} =0.66 K时,\emph{P}(\emph{H})和$\varepsilon$(\emph{H})曲线呈现幂律特征。这些结果表明,磁场诱导介电临界端点实现在BiMn $_2$ O $_5$接近零温度。

英文摘要:

The study of abrupt increases in magnetization with magnetic field known as metamagnetic transitions has opened a rich vein of new physics in itinerant electron systems, including the discovery of quantum critical end points with a marked propensity to develop new kinds of order. However, the electric analogue of the metamagnetic critical end point, a "metaelectric" critical end point has not yet been realized. Multiferroic materials wherein magnetism and ferroelectricity are cross-coupled are ideal candidates for the exploration of this novel possibility using magnetic-field (\emph{H}) as a tuning parameter. Herein, we report the discovery of a magnetic-field-induced metaelectric transition in multiferroic BiMn$_{2}$O$_{5}$ in which the electric polarization (\emph{P}) switches polarity along with a concomitant Mn spin-flop transition at a critical magnetic field \emph{H}$_{\rm c}$. The simultaneous metaelectric and spin-flop transitions become sharper upon cooling, but remain a continuous crossover even down to 0.5 K. Near the \emph{P}=0 line realized at $μ_{0}$\emph{H}$_{\rm c}$$\approx$18 T below 20 K, the dielectric constant ($\varepsilon$) increases significantly over wide field- and temperature (\emph{T})-ranges. Furthermore, a characteristic power-law behavior is found in the \emph{P}(\emph{H}) and $\varepsilon$(\emph{H}) curves at \emph{T}=0.66 K. These findings indicate that a magnetic-field-induced metaelectric critical end point is realized in BiMn$_2$O$_5$ near zero temperature.

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