Spin-canting-induced improper ferroelectricity and spontaneous magnetization reversal in SmFeO3

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Jung Hoon ^a   Jeong, Young Kyu ^a   Park, Jung Hwan ^a   Oak, Min Ae ^a   Jang, Hyun Myung ^a   Son, Jong Yeog ^b   Scott, James F ^c  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC ORDERINGS; CENTROSYMMETRIC; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; DZYALOSHINSKII-MORIYA INTERACTION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; ORTHOFERRITES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPONTANEOUS MAGNETIZATION;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CALCULATIONS; FERROELECTRICITY; MAGNETIC DEVICES; POLARIZATION;

MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL;

EID: 80052479159     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.117201     Document Type: Article

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