Magnetic Excitations in the Ground State of $\mathrm{Yb_2Ti_2O_7}$
Magneto-orbital ordering in the divalent A-site quadruple perovskite manganites AMn(7)O(12) (A = Sr, Cd, and Pb)
Electrical switching of magnetic polarity in a multiferroic BiFeO3 device at room temperature
Abstract:
We have directly imaged reversible electrical switching of the cycloidal rotation direction (magnetic polarity) in a (111)pc-BiFeO3 epitaxial-film device at room temperature by non-resonant x-ray magnetic scattering. Consistent with previous reports, fully relaxed (111)pc-BiFeO3 epitaxial films consisting of a single ferroelectric domain were found to comprise a sub-micron-scale mosaic of magneto-elastic domains, all sharing a common direction of the magnetic polarity, which was found to switch reversibly upon reversal of the ferroelectric polarization without any measurable change of the magneto-elastic domain population. A real-space polarimetry map of our device clearly distinguished between regions of the sample electrically addressed into the two magnetic states with a resolution of a few tens of micron. Contrary to the general belief that the magneto-electric coupling in BiFeO3 is weak, we find that electrical switching has a dramatic effect on the magnetic structure, with the magnetic moments rotating on average by 90 degrees at every cycle.