Giant Spin-Driven Ferroelectric Polarization in BiFeO3 at Room Temperature

Lee, Jun Hee; Fishman, Randy S.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.207203

Giant Spin-Driven Ferroelectric Polarization in ${BiFeO}_{3}$ at Room Temperature

Journal Article · Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.207203· OSTI ID:1286779

Lee, Jun Hee ^[1]; Fishman, Randy S. ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science & Technology Division

Although BiFeO₃ is the most extensively investigated multiferroic material, its magnetoelectic couplings are barely understood. Here we report a thorough study of the magentoelectric (ME) couplings in spin-cycloidal buk BiFeO₃ using first-principles calculations and microscopic spin-wave models compared with neutron-scattering measurements. We find that huge exchange-striction (ES) polarizations, i.e. the electric response of the magnetic exchange through ferroelectric and antiferrodistortive distortions, is giant enough to dominate over all other ME couplings. We show that BiFeO₃ has a hidden record-high spin-driven polarization ( 3 C/cm²) at room-temperature. The huge ES polarizations can be tuned by coupling to the antiferrodistortive rotations.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)z

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1286779

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1225763

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 115; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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