Electronic charge transfer driven by spin cycloidal structure

Y Ishii, S Horio, Y Noda, M Hiraishi, H Okabe… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Y Ishii, S Horio, Y Noda, M Hiraishi, H Okabe, M Miyazaki, S Takeshita, A Koda, KM Kojima…
Physical Review B, 2020APS
Muon spin rotation and resonant soft x-ray scattering experiments on prototype multiferroics
R Mn 2 O 5 (R= Y, Sm) are used to demonstrate that the local electric displacements are
driven by the spin-current (SC) mechanism. Small local electric displacements were
evaluated by observing spin polarization at ligand O ions, for which implanted muons served
as an extremely sensitive probe. Our results for YMn 2 O 5 provide evidence that the spin
polarization of O ions forming a spin cycloid chain with Mn spins increases in proportion to …
Muon spin rotation and resonant soft x-ray scattering experiments on prototype multiferroics ( = Y, Sm) are used to demonstrate that the local electric displacements are driven by the spin-current (SC) mechanism. Small local electric displacements were evaluated by observing spin polarization at ligand O ions, for which implanted muons served as an extremely sensitive probe. Our results for provide evidence that the spin polarization of O ions forming a spin cycloid chain with Mn spins increases in proportion to the vector spin chirality () of the Mn ions. This relationship strongly indicates that the charge transfer between O and Mn ions is driven by the SC mechanism, which leads to the ferroelectricity accompanying O spin polarization.
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