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Magnetic-field-induced transition in the lattice modulation of colossal magnetoelectric GdMnO$$_3$$ and TbMnO$$_3$$ compounds

Arima, Takahisa*; Goto, Tsuyoshi*; Yamazaki, Yuichi*; Miyasaka, Shigeki*; Ishii, Kenji; Tsubota, Masami; Inami, Toshiya; Murakami, Yoichi*; Tokura, Yoshinori*

Single-crystal synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurements in strong magnetic fields have been performed for magnetoelectric compounds GdMnO$$_3$$ and TbMnO$$_3$$. It has been found that the ${bf P}$//a ferroelectric phase induced by the application of a magnetic field at low temperatures is characterized by commensurate lattice modulation along the orthorhombic ${it b}$ axis with q=1/2 and q=1/4. The lattice modulation is ascribed to antiferromagnetic spin alignment with a modulation vector of (0 1/4 1). The change of the spin structure is directly correlated with the magnetic-field-induced electric phase transition, because any commensurate spin modulation with (0 1/4 1) should break glide planes normal to the ${it a}$ axis of the distorted perovskite with the space group.

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