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铁电和反铁电腔尖晶石的光学、介电和磁电性质

Optical, dielectric, and magnetoelectric properties of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric lacunar spinels

K. Geirhos, S. Reschke, S. Ghara, S. Krohns, P. Lunkenheimer, I. Kézsmárki

摘要:

具有化学式$AM_4X_8$的空位尖晶石形成了一个人口众多的窄禁带半导体家族,它为探索相关和量子现象提供了肥沃的土壤,包括Mott态和自旋轨道绝缘体态之间的转变,由集团Jahn-Teller效应驱动的铁电/反铁电性,以及极性修饰的磁skyrmions的磁电响应。空穴尖晶石的电子和磁性在很大程度上取决于其分子晶体结构。电子相关性与自旋轨道和振动耦合的相互作用导致了单簇水平上的复杂电子结构,再加上较弱的簇间相互作用,产生了大量非常规相关态。本文主要介绍了近年来在多孔尖晶石的光学、介电和磁电性质方面的研究进展。在介绍了这些化合物的主要结构之后,根据光谱测量结果讨论了它们的晶格动力学和电子结构。介电和极化研究揭示了它们的低温铁或反铁电相的主要特征,以及在其高温立方态的轨道波动。自旋,晶格和轨道自由度之间的强耦合表现在单重态形成后的磁结构转变,出现各种多铁性相,和异国情调的畴壁功能。

英文摘要:

Lacunar spinels with a chemical formula of $AM_4X_8$ form a populous family of narrow-gap semiconductors, which offer a fertile ground to explore correlation and quantum phenomena, including transition between Mott and spin-orbit insulator states, ferro/antiferroelectricity driven by cluster Jahn-Teller effect, and magnetoelectric response of magnetic skyrmions with polar dressing. The electronic and magnetic properties of lacunar spinels are determined to a large extent by their molecular-crystal-like structure. The interplay of electronic correlations with spin-orbit and vibronic couplings leads to a complex electronic structure already on the single-cluster level, which -- together with weaker inter-cluster interactions -- gives rise to a plethora of unconventional correlated states. This review primarily focuses on recent progresses in the field of optical, dielectric, and magnetoelectric properties on lacunar spinels. After introducing the main structural aspects, lattice dynamics and electronic structure of these compounds are discussed on the basis of optical spectroscopy measurements. Dielectric and polarization studies reveal the main characteristics of their low-temperature ferro- or antiferroelectric phases as well as orbital fluctuations in their high-temperature cubic state. Strong couplings between spin, lattice, and orbital degrees of freedom are manifested in singlet formation upon magnetostructural transitions, the emergence of various multiferroic phases, and exotic domain-wall functionalities.

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