"Helical versus collinear antiferromagnetic order tuned by magnetic ani" by Jaewook Kim, J. Yang et al.
 

Helical versus collinear antiferromagnetic order tuned by magnetic anisotropy in polar and chiral (Ni,Mn)3TeO6

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2021

Abstract

Polar and chiral Ni3TeO6 was found to exhibit a colossal magnetoelectric (ME) effect associated with collinear antiferromagnetic order. We have investigated the evolution of its magnetic state with the substitution of the Ni2+ spins by isotropic Mn2+ spins, namely (Ni,Mn)3TeO6 (NMTO). The ground state of NMTO maintains an Ising nature, but a new phase with XY-type magnetic anisotropy is discovered at an intermediate temperature range. Neutron powder diffraction experiments reveal that (1) Mn ions tend to occupy a specific transition-metal site, consistent with the first-principle calculation, and (2) the intermediate phase is an incommensurate (IC) helical magnetic state propagating along the c axis with q - IC=(0,0,1.5±δ). We also found that the balance between these two magnetic states can be readily manipulated with magnetic fields, which results in significant ME effects. This selective site occupancy of NMTO allows for a unique competition between collinear and helical magnetic structures with minimal chemical disorder. Thus, NMTO serves as a model system to study site-specific chemical control of noncollinear magnetism and ME coupling.

Identifier

85115189389 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Physical Review Materials

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.094405

e-ISSN

24759953

Issue

9

Volume

5

Grant

DE-FG02-07ER46382

Fund Ref

U.S. Department of Energy

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