Control of coexisting magnetic phases by electric fields in NdFe3(BO3)4

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Beitragende

  • S. Partzsch - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Autor:in)
  • J. E. Hamann-Borrero - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Autor:in)
  • C. Mazzoli - , European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Polytechnic University of Milan (Autor:in)
  • J. Herrero-Martin - , European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Autonomous University of Barcelona (Autor:in)
  • S. Valencia - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB) (Autor:in)
  • R. Feyerherm - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB) (Autor:in)
  • E. Dudzik - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB) (Autor:in)
  • A. Vasiliev - , Lomonosov Moscow State University, Ural Federal University, National University of Science and Technology "MISiS" (Autor:in)
  • L. Bezmaternykh - , RAS - Kirensky Institute of Physics, Siberian Branch (Autor:in)
  • B. Büchner - , Professur für Experimentelle Festkörperphysik (gB/IFW), Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Autor:in)
  • J. Geck - , Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg (Autor:in)

Abstract

We present a resonant x-ray diffraction study of the magnetic order in NdFe3(BO3)4 and its coupling to applied electric fields. Our high-resolution measurements reveal two different coexisting magnetic phases, which can directly be controlled and manipulated by external electric fields. More specifically, the volume fraction of the collinear magnetic phase is found to strongly increase at the expense of helically ordered regions when an electric field is applied. These results confirm that the collinear magnetic phase is responsible for the ferroelectric polarization of NdFe3(BO3)4 and, more importantly, demonstrate that coexisting magnetic phases provide a route towards materials with a strong but yet hysteresis-free magnetoelectric response.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer054421
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review B
Jahrgang94
Ausgabenummer5
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 18 Aug. 2016
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-2438-0672/work/158767762