Antiferroelectric lattice distortion induced by ferroquadrupolar order in DyVO4

作者:Kishimoto K*; Ishikura T; Nakamura H; Wakabayashi Y; Kimura T
来源:Physical Review B, 2010, 82(1): 012103.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.82.012103

摘要

The effects of quadrupolar order on structural, magnetic, and dielectric properties have been investigated for DyVO4. Our detailed structure analysis demonstrated that the cooperative Jahn-Teller effect associated with 4f ferroquadrupolar order causes the displacement of oxygen ions surrounding a Dy ion, which makes the relative position of a V ion off-center in a VO4 tetrahedron. The lattice distortion well explains antiferroelectriclike anomalies at around the quadrupolar ordering temperature. We also report the Jahn-Teller domain control giving rise to a remarkable magnetocapacitance effect by applying a small magnetic field (similar to 0.1 T).

  • 出版日期2010-7-27