BaFe${}_2$Se${}_3$: a high $T_{\mathrm{C}}$ magnetic multiferroic with large ferrielectric polarization

Abstract

The iron-selenides are important because of their superconducting properties. Here, an unexpected phenomenon is predicted to occur in an iron-selenide compound with a quasi-one-dimensional ladder geometry: BaFe${}_2$Se${}_3$ should be a magnetic ferrielectric system, driven by its magnetic block order via exchange striction. A robust performance (high $T_{\mathrm{C}}$ and large polarization) is expected. Different from most multiferroics, BaFe${}_2$Se${}_3$ is ferrielectric, with a polarization that mostly cancels between ladders. However, its strong magnetostriction still produces a net polarization that is large ($\sim$$0.1$ $\mu$C/cm${}^2$) as compared with most magnetic multiferroics. Its fully ferroelectric state, with energy only slightly higher than the ferrielectric, has a giant improper polarization $\sim$$2-3$ $\mu$C/cm${}^2$.

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