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Mn
O
Kimura, Hiroyuki*; Kobayashi, Satoru*; Wakimoto, Shuichi; Noda, Yukio*; Kon, Keiichiro*
Ferroelectrics, 354, p.77 - 85, 2007/01
Times Cited Count：25 Percentile：68.32(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)A review is given on the studies of magnetic properties and dielectric properties as functions of temperature and magnetic field for various multiferroic MnO ( = rare-earth) compounds. We have observed successive dielectric and magnetic phase transitions which concomitantly take place and a so-called multiferroics is realized. In this system, the ferroelectricity is magnetically induced and the commensurate magnetism is indispensable to produce a spontaneous electric polarization. The microscopic origin of the magnetically induced ferroelectricity and the role of the rare-earth magnetic moment for a colossal magnetoelectric effect in MnO will be discussed in the viewpoint of the magnetic structure.
Mn
O
Kimura, Hiroyuki*; Wakimoto, Shuichi; Kamada, Yoichi*; Noda, Yukio*; Kakurai, Kazuhisa; Kaneko, Koji; Metoki, Naoto; Kon, Keiichiro*
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MnO(
rare earth, Bi, Y) systen achieves a multi-ferroic state where magnetic and ferroelectric orders coexist. We have performed neutron diffraction under magnetic field to study the correlation between field-induced magnetism and ferroelectricity. T-H phase diagram of the magnetic and electric states for two samples, HoMnO and ErMnO, shows perfect agreement between the commensurate-incommensurate magnetic phase boundary and the ferroelectric transition, evincing that the commensurate magnetic state is essential for the ferroelectric state in this system.
O under electric fieldKimura, Hiroyuki*; Wakimoto, Shuichi; Nishihata, Keisuke*; Noda, Yukio*; Kakurai, Kazuhisa; Kon, Keiichiro*
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Multiferroic materials are known to show gigantic magnetoelectric effects. One of the microscopic models for polarization in such systems is based on spin chirality. We have perfoermed polarized neutron scattering experiments using HoMnO single crystal to study correlation between the spin chirality and ferroelectric polarization. We found that the spin chirality is absent in the high temperature paraelectric HT-ICM phase whereas it appears in the ferroelectric LT-ICM phase. This fact demonstrates a strong coupling between the spin chirality and the ferroelctric polarization.
