Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2011-07-14
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 80 (2011) 094706
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
10 pages, 4figures, to be published in Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Scientific paper
We have investigated the magnetic and dielectric properties of orthorhombic Eu$_{1-y}$Y$_y$MnO$_3$ ($0\leq y\leq 0.6$) single crystals without the presence of the 4$f$ magnetic moments of the rare-earth ions. In $y\geq 0.2$, the magnetic-structure driven ferroelectricity is observed. The ferroelectric transition temperature is steeply reducing with increasing $y$. In $y\geq 0.52$, two ferroelectric phases ($P\parallel a$ and $P\parallel c$) are coexistent at low temperatures. In these phases, ferroelectricity has different origin, which is evidenced by the distinctive poling-electric-field dependence of electric polarization. Namely, the electric polarization along the c axis ($P_c$) is easily saturated by a poling electric field, therefore $P_c$ is caused by the $bc$ spiral antiferromagnetic order. On the other hand, the electric polarization along the a axis ($P_a$) is probably attributed to the collinear $E$-type antiferromagnetic order, because $P_a$ is unsaturated even in a poling field of $10^6$ V/m.
Akahoshi Daisuke
Akaki Mitsuru
Ehara Mizuaki
Hitomi Masaaki
Kuwahara Hideki
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