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Coupled Spin Waves and Crystalline Electric Field Levels in Multiferroic ErFeO3

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Author(s)

Mark P. Zic, Wesley T. Fuhrman, Kefeng Wang

Abstract

We report an inelastic neutron scattering study of multiferroic ERFeO3, a compund that possesses three different magnetic states and exhibits signatures of Fe3+-ER3+ cooperative coupling. A crystalline electric field excitation at 6 meV exhibit additional energy splitting upon cooling through 4.5 K, with mode-dependent polarization. One excitation shows canting out of the bc-plane, but another displays canting away from the a-axis, a feature that is not seen in low temperature diffraction measurements. Simulations highlight that these cooperative effects are not adequately described by a Heisenberg Hamiltonian.
Citation
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
130
Issue
1

Keywords

multiferroic, magnon, crystalline electric field

Citation

Zic, M. , Fuhrman, W. and Wang, K. (2021), Coupled Spin Waves and Crystalline Electric Field Levels in Multiferroic ErFeO<sub>3</sub>, Journal of Applied Physics (Accessed April 25, 2024)
Created July 6, 2021, Updated September 13, 2021