Magnetic interactions in BiFeO3: A first-principles study

Xu, Changsong; Xu, Bin; Dupé, Bertrand; Bellaiche, L.

doi:10.1103/physrevb.99.104420

Magnetic interactions in BiFeO₃: A first-principles study

Journal Article · Mon Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.99.104420· OSTI ID:1610674

Xu, Changsong ^[1]; Xu, Bin ^[2]; Dupé, Bertrand ^[3]; Bellaiche, L. ^[4]

Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States); DOE/OSTI
Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States); Soochow Univ., Jiangsu (China)
Johannes Gutenberg-Univ. Mainz (Germany)
Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States)

First-principles calculations, in combination with the four-state energy mapping method, are performed to extract the magnetic interaction parameters of multiferroic BiFeO₃. Such parameters include the symmetric exchange (SE) couplings and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interactions up to second-nearest neighbors, as well as the single-ion anisotropy (SIA). Here, all magnetic parameters are obtained not only for the R3c structural ground state, but also for the R3m and R¯3c phases in order to determine the effects of ferroelectricity and antiferrodistortion distortions, respectively, on these magnetic parameters. In particular, two different second-nearest-neighbor couplings are identified and their origins are discussed in details. Moreover, Monte Carlo (MC) simulations using a magnetic Hamiltonian incorporating these first-principles-derived interaction parameters are further performed. They result (i) not only in the accurate prediction of the spin-canted G-type antiferromagnetic structure and of the known magnetic cycloid propagating along a < 1¯10 > direction, as well as their unusual characteristics (such as a weak magnetization and spin-density-waves, respectively), (ii) but also in the finding of another cycloidal state of low-energy and that awaits to be experimentally confirmed. Turning on and off the different magnetic interaction parameters in the MC simulations also reveal the precise role of each of them on magnetism.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0002220

OSTI ID:: 1610674

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1501688

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 99; ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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