Observation of Magnetic-Field-Induced Electric Polarization in Terbium Orthoferrite

Cover Page

Cite item

Full Text

Open Access Open Access
Restricted Access Access granted
Restricted Access Subscription or Fee Access

Abstract

In TbFeO3 orthoferrite at temperatures below the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature for the terbium subsystem (∼3.2 K), the electric polarization Pa(Hb) induced by a magnetic field Hb along the a axis is found. Such polarization is accompanied by anomalies related to metamagnetic (for Tb) and spin-reorientation (for Fe) transitions. At low magnetic fields |H| < Hcr1 ∼ 5 kOe, the Pa(Hb) dependence exhibits a strong hysteresis and has a “butterfly” shape, while in intermediate-field magnetic configurations, |Hcr1| < |H| < |Hcr2| ~ 18 kOe, the sign of the polarization is determined by the sign of an applied electric field, and the Pa(Hb) dependence turns out to be nonmonotonic. A qualitative explanation of the observed effects is given in the framework of a symmetry analysis of the allowed magnetoelectric interactions in the field-induced magnetic structures.

About the authors

V. Yu Ivanov

Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: mukhin@ran.gpi.ru
119991, Moscow, Russia

A. M Kuz'menko

Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: mukhin@ran.gpi.ru
119991, Moscow, Russia

A. Yu Tikhanovskiy

Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: mukhin@ran.gpi.ru
119991, Moscow, Russia

A. A Pronin

Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: mukhin@ran.gpi.ru
119991, Moscow, Russia

A. A Mukhin

Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: mukhin@ran.gpi.ru
119991, Moscow, Russia

References

  1. S. Dong, J.-M. Liu, S.-W. Cheong, and Z. Ren, Adv. Phys. 64, 519 (2015).
  2. Multiferroic Materials: Properties, Techniques, and Applications, ed. by Junling Wang, CRC Press Talor & Frencis Group. Boca Raton, London, N.Y. (2017), 387 p.
  3. N. A. Spaldin, Proc. R. Soc. A 476, 20190542 (2020).
  4. А. М. Кадомцева, А. К. Звездин, Ю. Ф. Попов, А. П. Пятаков, Г. П. Воробьев, Письма в ЖЭТФ 79, 705 (2004).
  5. А. К. Звездин, А. А. Мухин, Письма в ЖЭТФ 88, 581 (2008)
  6. A. K. Zvezdin and A. A. Mukhin, Sov. Phys. JETP Lett. 88, 505 (2008).
  7. T. Kimura and Y. Tokura, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20, 434204 (2008).
  8. E. F. Bertaut, J. Mareschal, and G. F. De Vries, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 28, 2143 (1967).
  9. E. F. Bertaut, J. Chappert, J. Mareschal, J. P. Rebouilziat, and J. Sivardisre, Solid State Commun. 5, 293 (1967).
  10. J. E. Bouree and J. Hammann, J. Phys. (Paris) 36, 391 (1975).
  11. К. П. Белов, А. К. Звездин, А. А. Мухин, ЖЭТФ 76, 1100 (1979)
  12. K. P. Belov, A. K. Zvezdin, and A. A. Mukhin, JETP 49, 557 (1979).
  13. R. Bidaux, J. E. Fouree, and J. Hammann, J. Phys. (Paris) 36, 803 (1975).
  14. К. П. Белов, А. К. Звездин, А. М. Кадомцева, Н. Б. Крынецкий, А. А. Мухин, ЖЭТФ 76, 1421 (1979)
  15. K. P. Belov, A. K. Zvezdin, A. M. Kadomtseva, N. B. Krynetskii, and A. A. Mukhin, JETP 49, 723 (1979).
  16. Y. Cao, M. Xiang, W. Zhao, G. Wang, Z. Feng, B. Kang, A. Stroppa, J. Zhang, W. Ren, and S. Cao, J. Appl. Phys. 119, 063904 (2016).
  17. S. Artyukhin, M. Mostovoy, N. P. Jensen et al. (Collaboration), Nat. Mater. 11, 694 (2012).
  18. T. Yamaguchi and K. Tsushima, Phys. Rev. B 8, 5187 (1973).
  19. А. К. Звездин, В. М. Матвеев, А. А. Мухин, А. И. Попов, Редкоземельные ионы в магнито-упорядоченных кристаллах, Наука, М. (1985), 294 с.
  20. Y. Tokunaga, S. Iguchi, T. Arima, and Y. Tokura, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 097205 (2008).
  21. Y. Tokunaga, N. Furukawa, H. Sakai, Y. Taguchi, T. Arima, and Y. Tokura, Nat. Mater. 8, 558 (2009).
  22. Y.-Q. Song, W.-P. Zhou, Y. Fang, Y.-T. Yang, L.-Y. Wang, D.-H. Wang, and Y.-W. Du, Chin. Phys. B 23, 077505 (2014).
  23. T. N. Stanislavchuk, Y. Wang, S.-W. Cheong, and A. A. Sirenko, Phys. Rev. B 95, 054497 (2017).
  24. L. Weymann, L. Bergen, T. Kain et al. (Collaboration), npj Quantum Mater. 5, 61 (2020).

Supplementary files

Supplementary Files
Action
1. JATS XML
Download

Copyright (c) 2023 Российская академия наук