Magnetoelectric coupling tuned by competing anisotropies in Mn${}_{1-x}$Ni${}_x$TiO${}_3$

Songxue Chi, Feng Ye, H. D. Zhou +4

A flop of electric polarization from $P$$\parallel$$c$ ($P_c$) to $P$$\parallel$$a$ ($P_a$) is observed in MnTiO${}_3$ as a spin flop transition is triggered by a $c$-axis magnetic f…