Microscopic origin of large negative magneto-electric coupling in Sr$_{1/2}$Ba$_{1/2}$MnO$_{3}$

Details Microscopic origin of large negative magneto-electric coupling in Sr$_{1/2}$Ba$_{1/2}$MnO$_{3}$ Microscopic origin of large negative magneto-electric coupling in Sr$_{1/2}$Ba$_{1/2}$MnO$_{3}$

2012-02-09

arxiv.org/abs/1202.2069v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

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With a combined ab initio density functional and model Hamiltonian approach we establish that in the recently discovered multiferroic phase of the manganite Sr$_{1/2}$Ba$_{1/2}$MnO$_{3}$ the polar distortion of Mn and O ions is stabilized via enhanced in-plane Mn-O hybridizations. The magnetic superexchange interaction is very sensitive to the polar bond-bending distortion, and we find that this dependence directly causes a strong magnetoelectric coupling. This novel mechanism for multiferroicity is consistent with the experimentally observed reduced ferroelectric polarization upon the onset of magnetic ordering.

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