Dynamics of Multiferroic Domain Wall in Spin-Cycloidal Ferroelectric DyMnO3

作者:Kagawa F*; Mochizuki M; Onose Y; Murakawa H; Kaneko Y; Furukawa N; Tokura Y
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2009, 102(5): 057604.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.057604

摘要

We report the dielectric dispersion of the giant magnetocapacitance (GMC) in multiferroic DyMnO3 over a wide frequency range. The GMC is found to be attributable not to the softened electromagnon but to the electric-field-driven motion of multiferroic domain wall (DW). In contrast to conventional ferroelectric DWs, the present multiferroic DW motion holds an extremely high relaxation rate of similar to 10(7) s(-1) even at low temperatures. This mobile nature as well as the model simulation suggests that the multiferroic DW is not atomically thin as in ferroelectrics but thick, reflecting its magnetic origin.

  • 出版日期2009-2-6