Magnetic-Domain-Wall-Induced Electrical Polarization in Rare-Earth Iron Garnet Systems: A First-Principles Study

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作者
Bayaraa, Temuujin [1 ]
Xu, Changsong [1 ,2 ]
Yang, Yali [3 ,4 ]
Xiang, Hongjun [3 ,4 ,5 ,6 ]
Bellaiche, L. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Arkansas, Dept Phys, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
[2] Univ Arkansas, Inst Nanosci & Engn, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
[3] Fudan Univ, Key Lab Computat Phys Sci, State Key Lab Surface Phys, Minist Educ, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China
[4] Fudan Univ, Dept Phys, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China
[5] Collaborat Innovat Ctr Adv Microstruct, Nanjing 210093, Peoples R China
[6] Shanghai Qi Zhi Inst, Shanghai 200232, Peoples R China
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STRUCTURAL-PROPERTIES; FILMS; MULTIFERROICS; COMPENSATION; ORIGIN;
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.067602
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
First-principles methods are employed to understand the existence of magnetic-domain-wall-induced electric polarization observed in rare-earth iron garnets. In contrast with previous beliefs, it is found that the occurrence of such polarization neither requires the local magnetic moments of the rare-earth ions nor noncollinear magnetism. It can rather be understood as originating from a magnetoelectric effect arising from ferromagnetic interactions between octahedral and tetrahedral Fe ions at the domain walls, and the mechanism behind is found to be a symmetric exchange-striction mechanism.
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