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Ferroelectricity induced by spin-dependent metal-ligand hybridization in BaCoGeO

arXiv:1005.4986 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.137202

Abstract

We have investigated the variation of induced ferroelectric polarization under magnetic field with various directions and magnitudes in a staggered antiferromagnet BaCoGeO. While the ferroelectric polarization cannot be explained by the well-accepted spin current model nor exchange striction mechanism, we have shown that it is induced by the spin-dependent - hybridization between the transition-metal (Co) and ligand (O) via the spin-orbit interaction. On the basis of the correspondence between the direction of electric polarization and the magnetic state, we have also demonstrated the electrical control of the magnetization direction.

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