Temperature-induced phase transition from cycloidal to collinear antiferromagnetism in multiferroic Bi0.9Sm0.1FeO3 driven by f-d induced magnetic anisotropy

In multiferroic BiFeO3 a cycloidal antiferromagnetic structure is coupled to a large electric polarization at room temperature, giving rise to magnetoelectric functionality that may be exploited in novel multiferroic-based devices. In this paper, we demonstrate that substituting samarium for 10% of...

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Main Authors: Johnson, R, McClarty, P, Khalyavin, D, Manuel, P, Svedlindh, P, Knee, C
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出版: American Physical Society 2017
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author Johnson, R
McClarty, P
Khalyavin, D
Manuel, P
Svedlindh, P
Knee, C
author_facet Johnson, R
McClarty, P
Khalyavin, D
Manuel, P
Svedlindh, P
Knee, C
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description In multiferroic BiFeO3 a cycloidal antiferromagnetic structure is coupled to a large electric polarization at room temperature, giving rise to magnetoelectric functionality that may be exploited in novel multiferroic-based devices. In this paper, we demonstrate that substituting samarium for 10% of the bismuth ions increases the periodicity of the room-temperature cycloid, and upon cooling to below ∼15 K the magnetic structure tends towards a simple G-type antiferromagnet, which is fully established at 1.5 K. We show that this transition results from f-d exchange coupling, which induces a local anisotropy on the iron magnetic moments that destroys the cycloidal order - a result of general significance regarding the stability of noncollinear magnetic structures in the presence of multiple magnetic sublattices.
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spelling oxford-uuid:961c283d-6d6f-4de6-a9e1-6a8fbd2851a12022-03-26T23:50:43ZTemperature-induced phase transition from cycloidal to collinear antiferromagnetism in multiferroic Bi0.9Sm0.1FeO3 driven by f-d induced magnetic anisotropyJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:961c283d-6d6f-4de6-a9e1-6a8fbd2851a1Symplectic Elements at OxfordAmerican Physical Society2017Johnson, RMcClarty, PKhalyavin, DManuel, PSvedlindh, PKnee, CIn multiferroic BiFeO3 a cycloidal antiferromagnetic structure is coupled to a large electric polarization at room temperature, giving rise to magnetoelectric functionality that may be exploited in novel multiferroic-based devices. In this paper, we demonstrate that substituting samarium for 10% of the bismuth ions increases the periodicity of the room-temperature cycloid, and upon cooling to below ∼15 K the magnetic structure tends towards a simple G-type antiferromagnet, which is fully established at 1.5 K. We show that this transition results from f-d exchange coupling, which induces a local anisotropy on the iron magnetic moments that destroys the cycloidal order - a result of general significance regarding the stability of noncollinear magnetic structures in the presence of multiple magnetic sublattices.
spellingShingle Johnson, R
McClarty, P
Khalyavin, D
Manuel, P
Svedlindh, P
Knee, C
Temperature-induced phase transition from cycloidal to collinear antiferromagnetism in multiferroic Bi0.9Sm0.1FeO3 driven by f-d induced magnetic anisotropy
title Temperature-induced phase transition from cycloidal to collinear antiferromagnetism in multiferroic Bi0.9Sm0.1FeO3 driven by f-d induced magnetic anisotropy
title_full Temperature-induced phase transition from cycloidal to collinear antiferromagnetism in multiferroic Bi0.9Sm0.1FeO3 driven by f-d induced magnetic anisotropy
title_fullStr Temperature-induced phase transition from cycloidal to collinear antiferromagnetism in multiferroic Bi0.9Sm0.1FeO3 driven by f-d induced magnetic anisotropy
title_full_unstemmed Temperature-induced phase transition from cycloidal to collinear antiferromagnetism in multiferroic Bi0.9Sm0.1FeO3 driven by f-d induced magnetic anisotropy
title_short Temperature-induced phase transition from cycloidal to collinear antiferromagnetism in multiferroic Bi0.9Sm0.1FeO3 driven by f-d induced magnetic anisotropy
title_sort temperature induced phase transition from cycloidal to collinear antiferromagnetism in multiferroic bi0 9sm0 1feo3 driven by f d induced magnetic anisotropy
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