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Field induced changes in cycloidal spin ordering and coincidence between magnetic and electric anomalies in BiFeO3 multiferroic
- Source :
- Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Volume 342, September 2013, Pages 17-26
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- The ZFC and FC magnetization dependence on temperature was measured for BiFeO3 ceramics at the applied magnetic field up to H=10T in 2K-1000K range. The antiferromagnetic order was detected from the hysteresis loops below the Neel temperature TN=646K. In the low magnetic field range there is an anomaly in M(H), probably due to the field-induced transition from circular cycloid to the anharmonic cycloid. At high field limit we observe the field-induced transition to the homogeneous spin order. From the M(H) dependence we deduce that above the field Ha the spin cycloid becomes anharmonic which causes nonlinear magnetization, and above the field Hc the cycloid vanishes and the system again exhibits linear magnetization M(H). The anomalies in the electric properties, which are manifested within the 640K-680K range, coincide to the anomaly in the magnetization M(T) dependence, which occurs in the vicinity of TN. We propose to ascribe this coincidence to the critical behaviour of the chemical potential, related to the magnetic phase transition.<br />Comment: 23 pages, 12 figures
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Condensed Matter - Other Condensed Matter
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Volume 342, September 2013, Pages 17-26
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1203.6886
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2013.04.059,