Electromagnon Signatures of a Metastable Multiferroic State

Dastrup, Blake S.; Zhang, Zhuquan; Miedaner, Peter R.; Chien, Yu-Che; Sun, Young; Wu, Yan; Cao, Huibo; Baldini, Edoardo; Nelson, Keith A.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.134.086706

Title: Electromagnon Signatures of a Metastable Multiferroic State

Journal Article · 27 February 2025 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.134.086706 · OSTI ID:2538060

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Chongqing University (China)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
University of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Magnetoelectric multiferroic materials, particularly type-II multiferroics where ferroelectric polarizations arise from magnetic order, offer significant potential for the simultaneous control of magnetic and electric properties. However, it remains an open question as to how the multiferroic ground states are stabilized on the free-energy landscape in the presence of intricate competition between the magnetoelectric coupling and thermal fluctuations. Here, in this work, by using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy in combination with an applied magnetic field, photoexcitation, and single-shot detection, we reveal the spectroscopic signatures of a magnetic-field-induced metastable multiferroic state in a hexaferrite. This state remains robust until thermal influences cause the sample to revert to the original paraelectric state. Our findings shed light on the emergence of metastable multiferroicity and its interplay with thermal dynamics.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); US Army Research Office (ARO); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; SC0019126

OSTI ID:: 2538060

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 134; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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