Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2012-02-08
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
Scientific paper
By extending our general spin-current model to non-centrosymmetric spin dimers and performing density functional calculations, we investigate the causes for the helical magnetic order and the origin of the giant ferroelectric polarization of CaMn7O12. The giant ferroelectric polarization is proposed to be caused by the symmetric exchange striction due to the canting of the Mn4+ spin arising from its strong Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interaction. Our study suggests that CaMn7O12 may exhibit a novel magnetoelectric coupling mechanism in which the magnitude of the polarization is governed by the exchange striction, but the direction of the polarization by the chirality of the helical magnetic order.
Dong Shuai
Gong Xin-Gao
Lu X. Z.
Whangbo Myung-Hwan
Xiang H. J.
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