Control of multiferroic domains by external electric fields in TbMnO₃

J Phys Condens Matter. 2015 Nov 11;27(44):446001. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/27/44/446001. Epub 2015 Oct 9.

Abstract

The control of multiferroic domains through external electric fields has been studied by dielectric measurements and by polarized neutron diffraction on single-crystalline TbMnO3. Full hysteresis cycles were recorded by varying an external field of the order of several kV mm(-1) and by recording the chiral magnetic scattering as well as the charge in a sample capacitor. Both methods yield comparable coercive fields that increase upon cooling.