Ferroelectric polarization reversal in multiferroic via a rotating magnetic field up to 52 T

JF Wang, WX Liu, ZZ He, CB Liu, M Tokunaga, M Li… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
A long-standing issue in multiferroic MnWO 4 is the electric polarization reversal when
magnetic field is applied along the magnetic easy axis (H|| u). In this work, we performed …

Dimerization-enhanced exotic magnetization plateau and magnetoelectric phase diagrams in skew-chain

ZH Li, XT Han, C Dong, HW Wang, ZZ He, R Chen… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The low-dimensional frustrated antiferromagnet system has been an appealing playground
for investigating the exotic magnetic ground states. The S= 1/2 skew chain Co 2 V 2 O 7 …

Successive electric-polarization switches in the skew chain induced by a high magnetic field

R Chen, JF Wang, ZW Ouyang, M Tokunaga, AY Luo… - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
We report successive electric-polarization (P) switches in the S= 1/2 quantum magnet Co 2
V 2 O 7 by application of a magnetic field along the b axis, where a 1/2-magnetization …

First-order ferroelastic transition in a magnetoelectric multiferroic: CuCrO

O Aktas, G Quirion, T Otani, T Kimura - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2013 - APS
We present the magnetic phase diagram of the multiferroic geometrically frustrated
antiferromagnet CuCrO 2 determined using dielectric constant and ultrasonic velocity …

Landau theory of the magnetic phase diagram of monoclinic multiferroics: Application to MnWO and CuO

G Quirion, ML Plumer - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2013 - APS
We present a detailed analysis of the magnetic states of monoclinic multiferroic systems as a
function of temperature and magnetic field. The proposed nonlocal Landau free energy …

Helicity, anisotropies, and their competition in a multiferroic magnet: Insight from the phase diagram

MV Gvozdikova, T Ziman, ME Zhitomirsky - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
Motivated by the complex phase diagram of MnWO 4, we investigate the competition
between anisotropy, magnetic field, and helicity for the anisotropic next-nearest-neighbor …

Formation of spiral ordering by magnetic field in frustrated anisotropic antiferromagnets

OI Utesov, AV Syromyatnikov - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
We discuss theoretically phase transitions in frustrated antiferromagnets with biaxial
anisotropy or dipolar forces in magnetic field applied along the easy axis at T= 0. There are …

Magnetic-field-induced spontaneous polarization reversal in multiferroic

N Poudel, KC Liang, YQ Wang, YY Sun, B Lorenz, F Ye… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
The magnetic and ferroelectric properties of the multiferroic system Mn 1− x Co x WO 4 (x=
0.135, 0.15, and 0.17) are studied in magnetic fields H c oriented along the monoclinic c …

Magnetic field induced phase transitions and phase diagrams of multiferroic with cycloidal spin structure

I Urcelay-Olabarria, E Ressouche, Z Wang, Y Skourski… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
Slightly Co-doped MnWO 4 at the lowest 5% Co concentration, for which the multiferroic
cycloidal phase becomes a ground state, has been studied in magnetic fields up to 60 T by …

Superexchange theory of electronic polarization driven by relativistic spin-orbit interaction at half filling

IV Solovyev - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
By applying Berry-phase theory for the effective half-filled Hubbard model, we derive an
analytical expression for the electronic polarization driven by the relativistic spin-orbit (SO) …