Theory of spin-orbit enhanced electric-field control of magnetism in multiferroic BiFeO3

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 26, 2013, Pages

  De Sousa, Rogério ^a   Allen, Marc ^a   Cazayous, Maximilien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETS; ELECTRIC-FIELD CONTROL; FERROMAGNETIC MOMENTS; MICROSCOPIC THEORY; MULTIFERROICS; PEROVSKITE COMPOUNDS; SPIN-BASED DEVICES; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; ENERGY DISSIPATION;

MAGNETISM;

EID: 84879494835     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.267202     Document Type: Article

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