Multiferroicity in the spin-1/2 quantum matter of LiCu2O 2

A. Rusydi; I. Mahns; S. Müller; M. Rübhausen; S. Park; Y. J. Choi; C. L. Zhang; S. W. Cheong; S. Smadici; P. Abbamonte; M. V. Zimmermann; G. A. Sawatzky

doi:10.1063/1.2787973

Multiferroicity in the spin-1/2 quantum matter of LiCu₂O ₂

A. Rusydi, I. Mahns, S. Müller, M. Rübhausen, S. Park, Y. J. Choi, C. L. Zhang, S. W. Cheong, S. Smadici, P. Abbamonte, M. V. Zimmermann, G. A. Sawatzky

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Abstract

Multiferroicity in Li Cu2 O2 single crystals is studied using resonant soft x-ray magnetic scattering, hard x-ray diffraction, heat capacity, magnetic susceptibility, and electrical polarization. Two magnetic transitions are found at 24.6 K (T1) and 23.2 K (T2). Our data are consistent with a sinusoidal spin structure at T2 <T< T1 and with a helicoidal spin structure at T< T2, giving rise to ferroelectricity. Surprisingly, above T2, the correlation lengths of the spin structures increase as the temperature increases with dramatic changes of ∼42% occurring along the c axis.

Original language	English
Article number	262506
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	92
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2787973
Publication status	Published - 2008

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Funding Information:
We acknowledge M. Mostovoy for helpful discussions and financial support by the Helmholtz Association VH-FZ-007, DFG Ru 773/2-3, DE-FG02-06ER46285, NSLS No. DE-AC02-98CH10886, the Canadian funding agencies: NSERC, CIAR, and CFI, NSF-MDR-0405682.

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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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