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Enhanced polarization and magnetoelectric response in Tb1−x Ho x MnO3

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A series of manganites Tb1−x Ho x MnO3 (0≤x≤0.6) with orthorhombic structure are synthesized and detailed investigations on their multiferroicity are performed. Successive magnetic transitions upon temperature variation are evidenced for all the samples, and both the Mn3+spiral spin ordering and rare-earth spin ordering are suppressed with increasing x. A significant enhancement of both the polarization and magnetoelectric response within 0.2<x<0.4 is observed, which may probably result from the shortening of the spiral-spin-ordering period, due to the competition between the spiral spin order and E-type antiferromagnetic order. This argument is supported by further theoretical calculations based on the two e g -orbital double-exchange model.

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  1. Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China

    C. L. Lu, K. F. Wang & J.-M. Liu

  2. Department of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210008, China

    S. Dong

  3. School of Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    K. F. Wang & J.-M. Liu

  4. International Center for Materials Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenyang, 110016, China

    J.-M. Liu

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Lu, C.L., Dong, S., Wang, K.F. et al. Enhanced polarization and magnetoelectric response in Tb1−x Ho x MnO3 . Appl. Phys. A 99, 323–331 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-009-5535-1

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