Multiferroic properties in terbium orthoferrite

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/7/077505

Abstract Multiferroic properties in a polycrystalline terbium orthoferrite are investigated. Different thermomagnetic behaviors are observed in different magnetic fields, which is attributed to the suppression of the low temperature magnetic phase by an external magnetic field. Further studies reveal that the ferroelectricity originates from the spin configuration below 3.5 K. In addition, the magnetic field control of electric polarization and dielectric constant is observed, which suggests a magnetoelectric effect in TbFeO₃. The origin of ferroelectricity in this rare-earth orthoferrite is discussed.

Keywords: multiferroic property spin reorientation dielectric property

Received: 07 February 2014
Revised: 14 March 2014
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PACS:	75.85.+t	(Magnetoelectric effects, multiferroics)
	75.47.Lx	(Magnetic oxides)
	77.22.-d	(Dielectric properties of solids and liquids)

Fund: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2012CB932304 and 2014AA032904) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11174130 and U1232210).

Corresponding Authors: Wang Dun-Hui
E-mail: wangdh@nju.edu.cn

About author: 75.85.+t; 75.47.Lx; 77.22.-d

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Song Yu-Quan (宋育全), Zhou Wei-Ping (周卫平), Fang Yong (房勇), Yang Yan-Ting (杨艳婷), Wang Liao-Yu (王辽宇), Wang Dun-Hui (王敦辉), Du You-Wei (都有为) Multiferroic properties in terbium orthoferrite 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 077505

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