Exploring magneto-electric coupling through lattice distortions: insights from a pantograph model

Abstract

Multiferroic materials exhibit the coexistence of magnetic and electric order. They are at the forefront of modern condensed matter physics due to their potential applications in next-generation technologies such as data storage, sensors, and actuators. Despite significant progress, understanding and optimizing the coupling mechanisms between electric polarization and magnetism remain active areas of research. We review here a series of papers presenting a comprehensive numerical and theoretical exploration of a pantograph mechanism modeling magneto-electric coupling through lattice distortions in low dimensional multiferroic systems. These works introduce and elaborate a microscopic model where elastic lattice distortions mediate interactions between spin 1/2 magnetic moments and electric dipoles, uncovering novel physics and functionalities. The model successfully describes ubiquitous phenomena in type II improper multiferroics, particularly when dominant Ising spin components are introduced through XXZ-type rotational symmetry breaking spin interactions. We also study more realistic extensions relevant for materials with higher spin magnetic ions and to materials where magnetic couplings draw higher dimensional lattices.

Review submitted to Special Topic: Ferroic Materials, Domains, and Domain Walls: Bridging Fundamentals with Next-Generation Technology - Journal of Applied Physics

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