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Title: Momentum-resolved observations of the phonon instability driving geometric improper ferroelectricity in yttrium manganite

Abstract

Magnetoelectrics offer tantalizing opportunities for devices coupling ferroelectricity and magnetism but remain difficult to realize. Breakthrough strategies could circumvent the mutually exclusive origins of magnetism and ferroelectricity by exploiting the interaction of multiple phonon modes in geometric improper and hybrid improper ferroelectrics. Yet, the proposed instability of a zone-boundary phonon mode, driving the emergence of ferroelectricity via coupling to a polar mode, remains to be directly observed. Here, we provide previously missing evidence for this scenario in the archetypal improper ferroelectric, yttrium manganite, through comprehensive scattering measurements of the atomic structure and phonons, supported with first-principles simulations. Our experiments and theoretical modeling resolve the origin of the unusual temperature dependence of the polarization and rule out a reported double-step ferroelectric transition. These results emphasize the critical role of phonon anharmonicity in rationalizing lattice instabilities in improper ferroelectrics and show that including these effects in simulations could facilitate the design of magnetoelectrics.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [4];  [4];  [5];  [3];  [1]
  1. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. Dept. of Physics; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Division
  2. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. Dept. of Physics
  3. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Neutron Scattering Division
  5. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1427596
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1461324; OSTI ID: 1491343
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-05CH11231; SC0016166; DMR-1350002
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; ferroelectrics and multiferroics; phase transitions and critical phenomena

Citation Formats

Bansal, Dipanshu, Niedziela, Jennifer L., Sinclair, Ryan, Garlea, V. Ovidiu, Abernathy, Douglas L., Chi, Songxue, Ren, Yang, Zhou, Haidong, and Delaire, Olivier. Momentum-resolved observations of the phonon instability driving geometric improper ferroelectricity in yttrium manganite. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02309-2.
Bansal, Dipanshu, Niedziela, Jennifer L., Sinclair, Ryan, Garlea, V. Ovidiu, Abernathy, Douglas L., Chi, Songxue, Ren, Yang, Zhou, Haidong, & Delaire, Olivier. Momentum-resolved observations of the phonon instability driving geometric improper ferroelectricity in yttrium manganite. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02309-2
Bansal, Dipanshu, Niedziela, Jennifer L., Sinclair, Ryan, Garlea, V. Ovidiu, Abernathy, Douglas L., Chi, Songxue, Ren, Yang, Zhou, Haidong, and Delaire, Olivier. Tue . "Momentum-resolved observations of the phonon instability driving geometric improper ferroelectricity in yttrium manganite". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02309-2. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1427596.
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title = {Momentum-resolved observations of the phonon instability driving geometric improper ferroelectricity in yttrium manganite},
author = {Bansal, Dipanshu and Niedziela, Jennifer L. and Sinclair, Ryan and Garlea, V. Ovidiu and Abernathy, Douglas L. and Chi, Songxue and Ren, Yang and Zhou, Haidong and Delaire, Olivier},
abstractNote = {Magnetoelectrics offer tantalizing opportunities for devices coupling ferroelectricity and magnetism but remain difficult to realize. Breakthrough strategies could circumvent the mutually exclusive origins of magnetism and ferroelectricity by exploiting the interaction of multiple phonon modes in geometric improper and hybrid improper ferroelectrics. Yet, the proposed instability of a zone-boundary phonon mode, driving the emergence of ferroelectricity via coupling to a polar mode, remains to be directly observed. Here, we provide previously missing evidence for this scenario in the archetypal improper ferroelectric, yttrium manganite, through comprehensive scattering measurements of the atomic structure and phonons, supported with first-principles simulations. Our experiments and theoretical modeling resolve the origin of the unusual temperature dependence of the polarization and rule out a reported double-step ferroelectric transition. These results emphasize the critical role of phonon anharmonicity in rationalizing lattice instabilities in improper ferroelectrics and show that including these effects in simulations could facilitate the design of magnetoelectrics.},
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journal = {Nature Communications},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 02 00:00:00 EST 2018},
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