Spiral spin structures and origin of the magnetoelectric coupling in YMn2O5

J. H. Kim; S. H. Lee; S. I. Park; M. Kenzelmann; A. B. Harris; J. Schefer; J. H. Chung; C. F. Majkrzak; M. Takeda; S. Wakimoto; S. Y. Park; S. W. Cheong; M. Matsuda; H. Kimura; Y. Noda; K. Kakurai

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.245115

Spiral spin structures and origin of the magnetoelectric coupling in YMn₂O₅

J. H. Kim, S. H. Lee, S. I. Park, M. Kenzelmann, A. B. Harris, J. Schefer, J. H. Chung, C. F. Majkrzak, M. Takeda, S. Wakimoto, S. Y. Park, S. W. Cheong, M. Matsuda, H. Kimura, Y. Noda, K. Kakurai

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Abstract

By combining neutron four-circle diffraction and polarized neutron-diffraction techniques we have determined the complex spin structures of a multiferroic YMn₂O₅ that exhibits two ferroelectric phases at low temperatures. The obtained magnetic structure has spiral components in both the low-temperature ferroelectric phases that are magnetically commensurate and incommensurate, respectively. Among proposed microscopic theories for the magnetoelectric coupling, our results are consistent with both the spin-current mechanism and the magnetostriction mechanism. Our results also explain why the electric polarization changes at the low-temperature commensurate-to-incommensurate phase transition.

Original language	English
Article number	245115
Journal	Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume	78
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.245115
State	Published - Dec 1 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Kim, J. H., Lee, S. H., Park, S. I., Kenzelmann, M., Harris, A. B., Schefer, J., Chung, J. H., Majkrzak, C. F., Takeda, M., Wakimoto, S., Park, S. Y., Cheong, S. W., Matsuda, M., Kimura, H., Noda, Y., & Kakurai, K. (2008). Spiral spin structures and origin of the magnetoelectric coupling in YMn₂O₅. Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 78(24), Article 245115. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.78.245115

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Spiral spin structures and origin of the magnetoelectric coupling in YMn₂O₅

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