Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2007-10-10
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
Precise magnetic structures of RMn2O5, with R= Y, Ho, Bi in the commensurate/ferroelectric regime, have been determined by single-crystal neutron diffraction. For each system, the integrated intensities of a large number of independent magnetic Bragg reflections have been measured, allowing unconstrained least-squares refinement of the structures. The analysis confirms the previously reported magnetic configuration in the ab-plane, in particular the existence of zig-zag antiferromagnetic chains. For the Y and Ho compounds additional weak magnetic components parallel to the c-axis were detected which are modulated in phase quadrature with the a-b components. This component is extremely small in the BiMn2O5 sample, therefore supporting symmetric exchange as the principal mechanism inducing ferroelectricity. For HoMn2O5, a magnetic ordering of the Ho moments was observed, which is consistent with a super-exchange interaction through the oxygens. For all three compounds, the point symmetry in the magnetically ordered state is m2m, allowing the polar b-axis found experimentally.
Brown Peter J.
Chapon Vecchini L. C. C.
Chatterji Tapan
Cheong Park S. S-W.
Radaelli Paolo G.
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