Origin of Electric-Field-Induced Magnetization in Multiferroic

BG Ueland, JW Lynn, M Laver, YJ Choi, SW Cheong - Physical review letters, 2010 - APS
Physical review letters, 2010APS
We have performed polarized and unpolarized small angle neutron scattering experiments
on single crystals of HoMnO 3 and have found that an increase in magnetic scattering at low
momentum transfers begins upon cooling through temperatures close to the spin
reorientation transition at T SR≈ 40 K. We attribute the increase to an uncompensated
magnetization arising within antiferromagnetic domain walls. Polarized neutron scattering
experiments performed while applying an electric field show that the field suppresses …
We have performed polarized and unpolarized small angle neutron scattering experiments on single crystals of and have found that an increase in magnetic scattering at low momentum transfers begins upon cooling through temperatures close to the spin reorientation transition at . We attribute the increase to an uncompensated magnetization arising within antiferromagnetic domain walls. Polarized neutron scattering experiments performed while applying an electric field show that the field suppresses magnetic scattering below , indicating that the electric field affects the magnetization via the antiferromagnetic domain walls rather than through a change to the bulk magnetic order.
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