Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2009-03-27
Eur. Phys. Lett. 85, 57004 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
10.1209/0295-5075/85/57004
We study the dynamical interplay between ferroelectricity and magnetism in a multiferroic with a helical magnetic order. We show that the dynamical exchange-striction induces a biquadratic interaction between the spins and transverse phonons resulting in quantum fluctuations of the spontaneous ferroelectric polarization $\mathbf{P}$ in the ferroelectric phase. The hybridization between the spin wave and the fluctuation of the electric polarization leads to low-lying transverse phonon modes. Those are perpendicular to $\mathbf{P}$ and to the helical spins at small wave vector but then turn parallel to $\mathbf{P}$ at a wave vector close to the magnetic modulation vector. For helical magnetic structure, the spin chirality which determines the direction of $\mathbf{P}$, also possesses a long-range order. Due to the dynamical Dzyaloshiskii-Moriya interaction, the spin-chirality is strongly coupled to the spin fluctuation which implies an on-site inversion of the spin-chirality in the ordered spin-1/2 system and results in a finite scattering intensity of polarized neutrons from a cycloidal helimagnet.
Berakdar Jamal
Jia Chenglong
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