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多铁性化合物$R$ Mn $_2$ O $_5$($R=$ Ho,Er)的自旋手性和电极化的强度

Spin chirality and electric polarization in multiferroic compounds $R$Mn$_2$O$_5$ ($R=$Ho, Er)

S. Wakimoto, H. Kimura, M. Fukunaga, K. Nishihata, M. Takeda, K. Kakurai, Y. Noda, Y. Tokura

摘要:

对多铁性材料$R$ Mn $_{2}$ O $_{5}$($R=$ Ho,Er)在铁电公度(CM)相和低温非公度(LT-ICM)相的极化中子衍射实验进行了研究,其中前者具有最高的电极化的强度,后者具有较低的极化.研究发现,在电场中冷却到CM相后,磁手性与电极化的强度成正比。我们还证实了在CM和LT-ICM两个阶段中,磁手性可以通过电极化的强度的极性来切换。这些事实表明,磁手性和电极化的强度之间的密切耦合。然而,在从CM到LT-ICM相的转变时,电极化的强度的降低并不伴随着磁手性的任何降低,这意味着CM和LT-ICM相包含不同的磁电耦合机制。

英文摘要:

Polarized neutron diffraction experiments have been performed on multiferroic materials $R$Mn$_{2}$O$_{5}$ ($R=$Ho, Er) under electric fields in the ferroelectric commensurate (CM) and the low-temperature incommensurate (LT-ICM) phases, where the former has the highest electric polarization and the latter has reduced polarization. It is found that, after cooling in electric fields down to the CM phase, the magnetic chirality is proportional to the electric polarization. Also we confirmed that the magnetic chirality can be switched by the polarity of the electric polarization in both the CM and LT-ICM phases. These facts suggest an intimate coupling between the magnetic chirality and the electric polarization. However, upon the transition from the CM to LT-ICM phase, the reduction of the electric polarization is not accompanied by any reduction of the magnetic chirality, implying that the CM and LT-ICM phases contain different mechanisms of the magnetoelectric coupling.

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