Spin-Chirality-Driven Ferroelectricity on a Perfect Triangular Lattice Antiferromagnet

Mitamura, H.; Watanuki, R.; Kaneko, Koji; Onozaki, N.; Amou, Y.; Kittaka, S.; Kobayashi, Riki; Shimura, Y.; Yamamoto, I.; Suzuki, K.; Chi, Songxue; Sakakibara, T.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.147202

Title: Spin-Chirality-Driven Ferroelectricity on a Perfect Triangular Lattice Antiferromagnet

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.147202· OSTI ID:1163166

Mitamura, H. ^[1]; Watanuki, R. ^[2]; Kaneko, Koji ^[3]; Onozaki, N. ^[2]; Amou, Y. ^[2]; Kittaka, S. ^[1]; Kobayashi, Riki ^[4]; Shimura, Y. ^[1]; Yamamoto, I. ^[2]; Suzuki, K. ^[2]; Chi, Songxue ^[5]; Sakakibara, T. ^[1]

Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
Yokohama National University, Yokohama (Japan)
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai (Japan)
Univ. of Tokyo (Japan); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Magnetic field (B) variation of the electrical polarization P_c ( ∥c) of the perfect triangular lattice antiferromagnet RbFe(MoO₄)₂ is examined up to the saturation point of the magnetization for B⊥c. P_c is observed only in phases for which chirality is predicted in the in-plane magnetic structures. No strong anomaly is observed in P_c at the field at which the spin modulation along the c axis, and hence the spin helicity, exhibits a discontinuity to the commensurate state. These results indicate that the ferroelectricity in this compound originates predominantly from the spin chirality, the explanation of which would require a new mechanism for magnetoferroelectricity. Lastly, the obtained field-temperature phase diagrams of ferroelectricity well agree with those theoretically predicted for the spin chirality of a Heisenberg spin triangular lattice antiferromagnet.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1163166

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 113, Issue 14; ISSN 0031-9007

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