2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Control of electric domains in spin-driven multiferroic materials by means of rotating magnetic fields
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15K05184
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Condensed matter physics II
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| Research Institution | Sophia University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
AKAHOSHI Daisuke 東邦大学, 理学部, 准教授 (90407354)
AKAKI Mitsuru 大阪大学, 大学院理学研究科, 助教 (60610904)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | マルチフェロイック物質 / 誘電体 / スピン / 電気分極ドメイン / 酸化物 / 相転移 / 磁場 / 電気磁気効果 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We have investigated change of electric domains in high-quality BiFeO3 single crystal grown by the laser-diode floating-zone method, as a function of applied magnetic-field (H) direction. We have demonstrated that electric polarization along the Y direction (PY) has been controlled by means of rotating H. Namely, PY was proportional to cos2q, where q is the angle of applied H direction against [100]. q dependence of PY has a π-periodicity, which means that PY remains unchanged by reversal of applied H direction. Furthermore, we have studied nonreciprocal DC magnetoelectric response, i.e., crystalline (polar) direction dependence of magnetoelectric susceptibilities for CaBaM4O7 (M=Co,Fe) single crystals. Especially, we focused on the electric-field (Ec)-induced magnetization (Mb,Mc) in CaBaM4O7, which had almost not yet been performed. We have found that the obtained magnetoelectric susceptibility α32 defined as ΔMb=α32Ec has a different sign depending on the polar direction.
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| Free Research Field |
物質科学
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