Magnetoelastic coupling and ferromagnetic-type in-gap spin excitations in multiferroic α-Cu2V2O7

• Verfasst von: Wang, Liran [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Werner, Johannes [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Ottmann, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Weis, Robert [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Koo, Changhyun [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Klingeler, Rüdiger [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Magnetoelastic coupling and ferromagnetic-type in-gap spin excitations in multiferroic α-Cu2V2O7
• Verf.angabe: L. Wang, J. Werner, A. Ottmann, R. Weis, M. Abdel-Hafiez, J. Sannigrahi, S. Majumdar, C. Koo and R. Klingeler
• E-Jahr: 2018
• Jahr: 25 June 2018
• Fussnoten: Die Zahlen 2 und 7 sind im Titel tief gestellt ; Gesehen am 03.09.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: New journal of physics
• Ort Quelle: [Bad Honnef] : Dt. Physikalische Ges., 1999
• Jahr Quelle: 2018
• Band/Heft Quelle: 20(2018) Artikel-Nummer 063045, 12 Seiten
• ISSN Quelle: 1367-2630
• DOI: doi:10.1088/1367-2630/aac9dc
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1580637043
• K10plus-PPN:
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Abstract

We investigate magnetoelectric coupling and low-energy magnetic excitations in multiferroic α-Cu2V2O7 by detailed thermal expansion, magnetostriction, specific heat and magnetization measurements in magnetic fields up to 15 T and by high-field/high-frequency electron spin resonance studies. Our data show negative thermal expansion in the temperature range ≤200 K under study. Well-developed anomalies associated with the onset of multiferroic order (canted antiferromagnetism with a significant magnetic moment and ferroelectricity) imply pronounced coupling to the structure. We detect anomalous entropy changes in the temperature regime up to ∼80 K which significantly exceed the spin entropy. Failure of Grüneisen scaling further confirms that several dominant ordering phenomena are concomitantly driving the multiferroic order. By applying external magnetic fields, anomalies in the thermal expansion and in the magnetization are separated. Noteworthy, the data clearly imply the development of a canted magnetic moment at temperatures above the structural anomaly. Low-field magnetostriction supports the scenario of exchange-striction driven multiferroicity. We observe low-energy magnetic excitations well below the antiferromagnetic gap, i.e., a ferromagnetic-type resonance branch associated with the canted magnetic moment arising from Dzyaloshinsii-Moriya (DM) interactions. The anisotropy parameter D̃=1.6(1)$ meV indicates a sizeable ratio of DM- and isotropic magnetic exchange.