Strain-induced ferroelectricity and spin-lattice coupling in SrMnO3 thin films

doi:10.1103/physrevb.97.235135

Title: Strain-induced ferroelectricity and spin-lattice coupling in $SrMn O_{3}$ thin films

Abstract

Designing novel multiferroic materials with simultaneous ferroelectric and magnetic orders has been one of the focal points over the last decade due to the promising applications and rich physics involved. In this study, using epitaxial strain (up to 3.8%) as tuning knob, we successfully introduce multiferroicity with prominent high-temperature ferroelectricity into the paraelectric SrMnO3.More interestingly, the experimental temperature-dependent ferroelectric and magnetic studies suggest that the emergent antiferromagnetic order below 100 K greatly enhances the ferroelectric polarization due to the spin-order-induced ionic displacements. We envision that the strain-mediated spin-phonon coupling can be utilized as a pathway to discover functionalities in a wide range of antiferromagnetic insulators with delicate epitaxial manipulations.

Authors:

Guo, J. W. ^[1]; Wang, P. S. ^[2]; Yuan, Y. ^[3]; He, Q. ^[4]; Lu, J. L. ^[2]; Chen, T. Z. ^[1]; Yang, S. Z. ^[1]; Wang, Y. J. ^[1]; Erni, R. ^[5]; Rossell, M. D. ^[5]; Gopalan, V. ^[3]; Xiang, H. J. ^[6]; Tokura, Y. ^[7]; Yu, P. ^[8]

Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
Fudan Univ., Shanghai (China)
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Durham Univ. (United Kingdom)
Swiss Federal Lab. for Materials Science and Technology, Dubendorf (Switzerland)
Fudan Univ., Shanghai (China); Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing (China)
RIKEN, Saitama (Japan)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China); RIKEN, Saitama (Japan); Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing (China)

Publication Date:: 2018-06-20

Research Org.:: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

OSTI Identifier:: 1511828

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1455087

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012375; SC00012375

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review B

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 97; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

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                    Guo, J. W., Wang, P. S., Yuan, Y., He, Q., Lu, J. L., Chen, T. Z., Yang, S. Z., Wang, Y. J., Erni, R., Rossell, M. D., Gopalan, V., Xiang, H. J., Tokura, Y., and Yu, P. Strain-induced ferroelectricity and spin-lattice coupling in SrMnO3 thin films.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Guo, J. W., Wang, P. S., Yuan, Y., He, Q., Lu, J. L., Chen, T. Z., Yang, S. Z., Wang, Y. J., Erni, R., Rossell, M. D., Gopalan, V., Xiang, H. J., Tokura, Y., & Yu, P. Strain-induced ferroelectricity and spin-lattice coupling in SrMnO3 thin films.  United States.  doi:10.1103/physrevb.97.235135.

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                    Guo, J. W., Wang, P. S., Yuan, Y., He, Q., Lu, J. L., Chen, T. Z., Yang, S. Z., Wang, Y. J., Erni, R., Rossell, M. D., Gopalan, V., Xiang, H. J., Tokura, Y., and Yu, P. Wed .  
        "Strain-induced ferroelectricity and spin-lattice coupling in SrMnO3 thin films".  United States.  doi:10.1103/physrevb.97.235135.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1511828.

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@article{osti_1511828,

  title        = {Strain-induced ferroelectricity and spin-lattice coupling in SrMnO3 thin films},

  author       = {Guo, J. W. and Wang, P. S. and Yuan, Y. and He, Q. and Lu, J. L. and Chen, T. Z. and Yang, S. Z. and Wang, Y. J. and Erni, R. and Rossell, M. D. and Gopalan, V. and Xiang, H. J. and Tokura, Y. and Yu, P.},

  abstractNote = {Designing novel multiferroic materials with simultaneous ferroelectric and magnetic orders has been one of the focal points over the last decade due to the promising applications and rich physics involved. In this study, using epitaxial strain (up to 3.8%) as tuning knob, we successfully introduce multiferroicity with prominent high-temperature ferroelectricity into the paraelectric SrMnO3.More interestingly, the experimental temperature-dependent ferroelectric and magnetic studies suggest that the emergent antiferromagnetic order below 100 K greatly enhances the ferroelectric polarization due to the spin-order-induced ionic displacements. We envision that the strain-mediated spin-phonon coupling can be utilized as a pathway to discover functionalities in a wide range of antiferromagnetic insulators with delicate epitaxial manipulations.},

  doi          = {10.1103/physrevb.97.235135},

  journal      = {Physical Review B},

  number       = 23,

  volume       = 97,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2018},

  month        = {6}

}

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