Magnetic Reversal of the Ferroelectric Polarization in a Multiferroic Spinel Oxide

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Y. Yamasaki,¹ S. Miyasaka,¹ Y. Kaneko,² J.-P. He,² T. Arima,^2,3 and Y. Tokura^1,2,4
¹Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
²Spin Superstructure Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tsukuba 305-8562, Japan
³Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
⁴Correlated Electron Research Center (CERC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8562, Japan

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Received 13 March 2006; published 26 May 2006; corrected 15 June 2006

Ferroelectrictransition has been detected in a ferrimagnetic spinel oxide ofCoCr₂O₄ upon the transition to the conical spin order below25 K. The direction [ [overline 1] 10] of the spontaneous polarization is normalto both the magnetization easy axis [001] and to thepropagation axis [110] of the transverse spiral component, in accordwith the prediction based on the spin-current model. The reversalof the spontaneous magnetization by a small magnetic field (~0.1 T)induces the reversal of the spontaneous polarization, indicating the clampingof the ferromagnetic and ferroelectric domain walls.

URL:	http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.207204
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.207204
PACS:	75.80.+q; 71.27.+a; 77.80.Fm; 75.50.Gg 75.80.+q Magnetomechanical and magnetoelectric effects, magnetostriction 71.27.+a Strongly correlated electron systems; heavy fermions 77.80.Fm Ferroelectric switching phenomena 75.50.Gg Ferrimagnetics YEAR: 2006

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Publisher's Note: Magnetic Reversal of the Ferroelectric Polarization in a Multiferroic Spinel Oxide [Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 207204 (2006)]
Y. Yamasaki, S. Miyasaka, Y. Kaneko et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 249902 (E) (2006)