Domain-wall magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroic hexagonal YbFeO3 films

Li, Xin; Yun, Yu; Thind, Arashdeep Singh; Yin, Yuewei; Li, Qiang; Wang, Wenbin; N’Diaye, Alpha T.; Mellinger, Corbyn; Jiang, Xuanyuan; Mishra, Rohan; Xu, Xiaoshan

doi:10.1038/s41598-023-28365-x

Title: Domain-wall magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroic hexagonal YbFeO₃ films

Journal Article · Tue Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28365-x· OSTI ID:2234209

Li, Xin ^[1]; Yun, Yu ^[1]; Thind, Arashdeep Singh ^[2]; Yin, Yuewei ^[1]; Li, Qiang ^[3]; Wang, Wenbin ^[3];

^[4]; Mellinger, Corbyn ^[1]; Jiang, Xuanyuan ^[1];

^[2]; Xu, Xiaoshan ^[1]

Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
Fudan Univ., Shanghai (China)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)

Electrical modulation of magnetic states in single-phase multiferroic materials, using domain-wall magnetoelectric (ME) coupling, can be enhanced substantially by controlling the population density of the ferroelectric (FE) domain walls during polarization switching. In this work, we investigate the domain-wall ME coupling in multiferroic h-YbFeO₃ thin films, in which the FE domain walls induce clamped antiferromagnetic (AFM) domain walls with reduced magnetization magnitude. Simulation according to the phenomenological theory indicates that the domain-wall ME effect is dramatically enhanced when the separation between the FE domain walls shrinks below the characteristic width of the clamped AFM domain walls during the ferroelectric switching. Experimentally, we show that while the magnetization magnitude remains same for both the positive and the negative saturation polarization states, there is evidence of magnetization reduction at the coercive voltages. These results suggest that the domain-wall ME effect is viable for electrical control of magnetization.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; DMR-1454618; ECCS- 2025298; DMR-1806147

OSTI ID:: 2234209

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, Issue 1; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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