Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2008-01-16
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
5 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.127201
Measurements of polarized neutron scattering were performed on a $S=1/2$ chain multiferroic LiCu$_2$O$_2$. In the ferroelectric ground state with the spontaneous polarization along the c-axis, the existence of transverse spiral spin component in the $bc$-plane was confirmed. When the direction of electric polarization is reversed, the vector spin chirality as defined by ${\bf C}_{ij} = {\bf S}_i \times {\bf S}_j$ ($i$ and $j$ being the neighboring spin sites) is observed to be reversed, indicating that the spin-current model or the inverse Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya mechanism is applicable even to this $e_{\mathrm{g}}$-electron quantum-spin system. Differential scattering intensity of polarized neutrons shows a large discrepancy from that expected for the classical-spin $bc$-cycloidal structure, implying the effect of large quantum fluctuation.
Hirota Kaoru
Matsuura Mikako
Seki Shigenori
Soda Minoru
Tokura Yasuhiro
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