Experimental observation of magnetoelectricity in spin ice Dy 2 Ti 2 O 7

Lin, L.; Xie, Y. L.; Wen, J-J; Dong, S.; Yan, Z. B.; Liu, J-M

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/17/12/123018

Title: Experimental observation of magnetoelectricity in spin ice Dy ₂ Ti ₂ O ₇

Journal Article · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2015 · New Journal of Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/12/123018· OSTI ID:1238983

Lin, L.; Xie, Y. L.; Wen, J-J; Dong, S.; Yan, Z. B.; Liu, J-M

The intrinsic noncollinear spin patterns in rare-earth pyrochlore are physically interesting, due to their many emergent properties (e.g., spin-ice and monopole-type excitation). Recent works have suggested that the magnetic monopole excitation of spin-ice systems is magnetoelectric active, but this fact has rarely been confirmed via experiment. In this work, we performed a systematic experimental investigation on the magnetoelectricity of Dy₂Ti₂O₇ by probing the ferroelectricity, spin dynamics, and dielectric behaviors. Two ferroelectric transitions at T_c1 = 25 K and T_c2 =13 K were observed. Remarkable magnetoelectric coupling was identified below the lower transition temperature, with significant suppression of the electric polarization on applied magnetic field. Our results show that the lower ferroelectric transition temperature coincides with the Ising-spin paramagnetic transition point, below which the quasi-particle-like monopoles are populated, which indicates implicit correlation between electric dipoles and spin moments. The possible magnetoelectric mechanisms are discussed. Our findings can be used for more investigations to explore multiferroicity in these spin-ice systems and other frustrated magnets.

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Research Organization:: Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-08ER46544; 1402043B

OSTI ID:: 1238983

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1238984; OSTI ID: 1240129

Journal Information:: New Journal of Physics, Vol. 17, Issue 12; ISSN 1367-2630

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Language:: English

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