Ferroelectricity induced by acentric spin-density waves in YMn2O5.

The commensurate and incommensurate magnetic structures of the magnetoelectric system YMn2O5, as determined from neutron diffraction, were found to be spin-density waves lacking a global center of symmetry. We propose a model, based on a simple magnetoelastic coupling to the lattice, which enables u...

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Main Authors: Chapon, L, Radaelli, P, Blake, G, Park, S, Cheong, S
פורמט: Journal article
שפה:English
יצא לאור: 2006