Coupled Magnetic and Ferroelectric Domains in Multiferroic Ni3V2O8

被引：67

作者：

Cabrera, I. ^{[1
,2
]}

Kenzelmann, M. ^{[3
]}

Lawes, G. ^{[4
]}

Chen, Y. ^{[2
]}

Chen, W. C. ^{[2
]}

Erwin, R. ^{[2
]}

Gentile, T. R. ^{[2
]}

Leao, J. B. ^{[2
]}

Lynn, J. W. ^{[2
]}

Rogado, N. ^{[5
]}

Cava, R. J. ^{[6
,7
]}

Broholm, C. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA

[2] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA

[3] Paul Scherrer Inst, Lab Dev & Methods, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland

[4] Wayne State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Detroit, MI 48201 USA

[5] DuPont Co Inc, Cent Res & Dev, Expt Stn, Wilmington, DE 19880 USA

[6] Princeton Univ, Dept Chem, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

[7] Princeton Univ, Princeton Mat Inst, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2009年 / 103卷 / 08期

关键词：

POLARIZATION;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.087201

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Electric control of multiferroic domains is demonstrated through polarized magnetic neutron diffraction. Cooling to the cycloidal multiferroic phase of Ni3V2O8 in an electric field E causes the incommensurate Bragg reflections to become neutron spin polarizing, the sense of neutron polarization reversing with E. Quantitative analysis indicates the E-treated sample has a handedness that can be reversed by E. We further show a close association between cycloidal and ferroelectric domains through E-driven spin and electric polarization hysteresis. We suggest that a definite cycloidal handedness is achieved through magnetoelastically induced Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions.

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