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Possible evidence for electromagnons in multiferroic manganites
Magnetodielectric materials are characterized by a strong coupling of
magnetic and dielectric properties and in rare cases simultaneously exhibit
both, magnetic and polar order. Among other multiferroics, TbMnO3 and GdMnO3
reveal a strong magneto-dielectric (ME) coupling and as a consequence
fundamentally new spin excitations exist: Electro-active magnons, or
electromagnons, i. e. spin waves which can be excited by ac electric fields.
Here we show that these excitations appear in the phase with an incommensurate
(IC) magnetic structure of the manganese spins. In external magnetic fields
this IC structure can be suppressed and the electromagnons are wiped out,
thereby inducing considerable changes in the index of refraction from dc up to
THz frequencies. Hence, besides adding a new creature to the zoo of fundamental
excitations, the refraction index can be tuned by moderate magnetic fields,
which allows the design of a new generation of optical switches and
optoelectronic devices.Comment: 4 Pages, 2 figure
Relaxor ferroelectricity and colossal magnetocapacitive coupling in ferromagnetic CdCr2S4
Multiferroic materials, which reveal magnetic and electric order, are in the
focus of recent solid state research. Especially the simultaneous occurrence of
ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism, combined with an intimate coupling of
magnetization and polarization via magneto-capacitive effects, could pave the
way for a new generation of electronic devices. Here we present measurements on
a simple cubic spinel with unusual properties: It shows ferromagnetic order and
simultaneously relaxor ferroelectricity, i.e. a ferroelectric cluster state,
reached by a smeared-out phase transition, both with sizable ordering
temperatures and moments. Close to the ferromagnetic ordering temperature the
magneto-capacitive coupling, characterized by a variation of the dielectric
constant in an external magnetic field, reaches colossal values of nearly 500%.
We attribute the relaxor properties to geometric frustration, which is well
known for magnetic moments, but here is found to impede long-range order of the
structural degrees of freedom.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Study on Resistance Switching Properties of Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3Thin Films Using Impedance Spectroscopy
The Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3(NBT) thin films sandwiched between Au electrodes and fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) conducting glass were deposited using a sol–gel method. Based on electrochemical workstation measurements, reproducible resistance switching characteristics and negative differential resistances were obtained at room temperature. A local impedance spectroscopy measurement of Au/NBT was performed to reveal the interface-related electrical characteristics. The DC-bias-dependent impedance spectra suggested the occurrence of charge and mass transfer at the interface of the Au/NBT/FTO device. It was proposed that the first and the second ionization of oxygen vacancies are responsible for the conduction in the low- and high-resistance states, respectively. The experimental results showed high potential for nonvolatile memory applications in NBT thin films
Ferroelectric and magnetic properties of Nd-doped Bi4 − xFeTi3O12 nanoparticles prepared through the egg-white method
Dielectric study at microwave frequencies of phase transitions in multiferroic ceramics
High performance Aurivillius type Na0.5Bi4.5Ti4O15 piezoelectric ceramics with neodymium and cerium modification
Growth of single crystals in the (Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3-(Sr1-xCax)TiO3 system by solid state crystal growth
Ceramics based on (Na1/2B1/2)TiO3 are promising candidates for actuator applications because of large strains generated by an electric field-induced phase transition. For example, the (1-x)(Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3-xSrTiO(3) system exhibits a morphotropic phase boundary at x = 0.2-0.3, leading to high values of inverse piezoelectric constant d*(33), which can be further improved by the use of single crystals. In our previous work, single crystals of (Na1/2B1/2)TiO3-SrTiO3 and (Na1/2B1/2)TiO3-CaTiO3 were grown by the solid state crystal growth technique. Growth in the (Na1/2B1/2)TiO3-SrTiO3 system was sluggish whereas the (Na1/2B1/2)TiO3-CaTiO3 single crystals grew well. In the present work, 0.8(Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3-0.2(Sr1-xCax)TiO3 single crystals (with x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4) were produced by the solid state crystal growth technique in an attempt to improve crystal growth rate. The dependence of mean matrix grain size, single crystal growth distance, and electrical properties on the Ca concentration was investigated in detail. These investigations indicated that at x = 0.3 the matrix grain growth was suppressed and the driving force for single crystal growth was enhanced. Replacing Sr with Ca increased the shoulder temperature T-s and temperature of maximum relative permittivity T-max, causing a decrease in inverse piezoelectric properties and a change from normal to incipient ferroelectric behavior
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