856 research outputs found
Ab initio Evidence for Giant Magnetoelectric Responses Driven by Structural Softness
We show that inducing structural softness in regular magnetoelectric (ME)
multiferroics -- i.e., tuning the materials to make their structure strongly
reactive to applied fields -- makes it possible to obtain very large ME
effects. We present illustrative first-principles results for BiFeO3 thin
films.Comment: 4 pages with 3 figures embedded. More information at
http://www.icmab.es/dmmis/leem/jorg
Homomorphic encryption and some black box attacks
This paper is a compressed summary of some principal definitions and concepts
in the approach to the black box algebra being developed by the authors. We
suggest that black box algebra could be useful in cryptanalysis of homomorphic
encryption schemes, and that homomorphic encryption is an area of research
where cryptography and black box algebra may benefit from exchange of ideas
Dissipationless Spin Current between Two Coupled Ferromagnets
We demonstrate the general principle which states that a dissipationless spin
current flows between two coupled ferromagnets if their magnetic orders are
misaligned. This principle applies regardless the two ferromagnets are metallic
or insulating, and also generally applies to bulk magnetic insulators. On a
phenomenological level, this principle is analogous to Josephson effect, and
yields a dissipationless spin current that is independent from scattering. The
microscopic mechanisms for the dissipationless spin current depend on the
systems, which are elaborated in details. A uniform, static magnetic field is
further proposed to be an efficient handle to create the misaligned
configuration and stabilize the dissipationless spin current.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figure
Quantum phase transitions in a new exactly solvable quantum spin biaxial model with multiple spin interactions
The new integrable quantum spin model is proposed. The model has a biaxial
magnetic anisotropy of alternating coupling between spins together with
multiple spin interactions. Our model gives the possibility to exactly find
thermodynamic characteristics of the considered spin chain. The ground state of
the model can reveal spontaneous values of the total magnetic and
antiferromagnetic moments, caused by multiple spin couplings. Also, in the
ground state, depending on the strength of multiple spin couplings, our model
manifests several quantum critical points, some of which are governed by the
external magnetic field
Prediction for new magnetoelectric fluorides
We use symmetry considerations in order to predict new magnetoelectric
fluorides. In addition to these magnetoelectric properties, we discuss among
these fluorides the ones susceptible to present multiferroic properties. We
emphasize that several materials present ferromagnetic properties. This
ferromagnetism should enhance the interplay between magnetic and dielectric
properties in these materials.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figures, To appear in Journal of Physics: Condensed
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Magnetoelectric response of multiferroic BiFeO3 and related materials
We present a first-principles scheme for computing the magnetoelectric
response of multiferroics. We apply our method to BiFeO3 (BFO) and related
compounds in which Fe is substituted by other magnetic species. We show that
under certain relevant conditions -- i.e., in absence of incommensurate spin
modulation, as in BFO thin films and some BFO-based solid solutions -- these
materials display a large linear magnetoelectric response. Our calculations
reveal the atomistic origin of the coupling and allow us to identify the most
promising strategies to enhance it.Comment: 4 pages with 1 figure embedded. More information at
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Multiferroic properties of an \aa kermanite SrCoSiO single crystal in high magnetic fields
The magnetic and dielectric properties of \aa kermanite SrCoSiO
single crystals in high magnetic fields were investigated. We have observed
finite induced electric polarization along the c axis in high fields, wherein
all Co spins were forcibly aligned to the magnetic field direction. Existence
of the induced polarization in the spin-polarized state accompanied with the
finite slope in the magnetization curve suggests the possible role of the
orbital angular momenta in the excited states as its microscopic origin. The
emergence of the field-induced polarization without particular magnetic order
can be regarded as the magnetoelectric effects of the second order from the
symmetry point of view. A low magnetic field-driven electric polarization flip
induced by a rotating field, even at room temperature, has been successfully
demonstrated.Comment: 12 pages, 4 figure
U(1)-Symmetry breaking and violation of axial symmetry in TlCuCl3 and other insulating spin systems
We describe the Bose-Einstein condensate of magnetic bosonic quasiparticles
in insulating spin systems using a phenomenological standard functional method
for T = 0. We show that results that are already known from advanced
computational techniques immediately follow. The inclusion of a perturbative
anisotropy term that violates the axial symmetry allows us to remarkably well
explain a number of experimental features of the dimerized spin-1/2 system
TlCuCl3. Based on an energetic argument we predict a general intrinsic
instability of an axially symmetric magnetic condensate towards a violation of
this symmetry, which leads to the spontaneous formation of an anisotropy gap in
the energy spectrum above the critical field. We, therefore, expect that a true
Goldstone mode in insulating spin systems, i.e., a strictly linear
energy-dispersion relation down to arbitrarily small excitations energies,
cannot be observed in any real material.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
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