Hysteresis effects in the phase diagram of multiferroic GdMnO$_3$

Details Hysteresis effects in the phase diagram of multiferroic GdMnO$_3$ Hysteresis effects in the phase diagram of multiferroic GdMnO$_3$

2006-01-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0601169v2

Phys. Rev. B 73, 100402(R) (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

4 pages, 5 figures included

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.73.100402

We present high-resolution thermal expansion $\alpha(T)$ and magnetostriction $\Delta L(H)/L$ measurements of GdMnO$_3$, which develops an incommensurate antiferromagnetic order (ICAFM) below $T_{\rm N}\simeq$ 42 K and transforms into a canted A-type antiferromagnet (cAFM) below $T_{\rm c}\simeq 20 $K. In addition, a ferroelectric polarization ${\bf P}||a$ is observed below $T_{\rm FE} $ for finite magnetic fields applied along the $b$ direction. In zero magnetic field we find a strongly anisotropic thermal expansion with certain, rather broad anomalous features. In finite magnetic fields, however, very strong anomalies arise at $T_{\rm c}$ for fields applied along each of the orthorhombic axes and at $T_{\rm FE}$ for fields along the b axis. Both phase transitions are of first-order type and strongly hysteretic. We observe a down-bending of the ICAFM-to-cAFM phase boundary $T_{\rm c}(H)$ for low magnetic fields and our data give evidence for coexisting phases in the low-field low-temperature range.

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