Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2004-05-25
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
19 pages, 6 figures
Scientific paper
Cross-correlation between magnetic and dielectric properties has been attracting renewed interest because of the fundamental as well as technological importance of controlling the electric (magnetic) polarization by an external magnetic (electric) field. Here, we report the novel phenomenon that an external magnetic field induces and/or modifies ferroelectric states in a magnetic material, DyMn2O5. Measurements of temperature dependence of hysteretic polarization curves, pyroelectric current, specific heat, optical second harmonic generation, and x-ray superlattice peaks have revealed successive phase transitions between 43 K and 4 K, accompanying three ferroelectric phases. The zero-field lowest-temperature phase (<8 K) induced by the Dy-moment ordering is a reentrant paraelectric state, but is turned to a ferroelectric state with increasing the magnetic field. The phenomenon is closely related to the metamagnetic transitions of the Dy f-moment, indicating that all the ferroelectric phases of this material are strongly tied to the antiferromagnetic Mn spin structure affected by the f-d exchange interaction. The electric phase diagram for DyMn2O5 is presented in the plane of temperature and magnetic field.
Arima T.
Higashiyama D.
Kida Noriaki
Miyasaka Seidai
Tokura Yasuhiro
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