Article

Surface ferroelectricity and linear magnetoelectric effect in centrosymmetric magnets

I. E. ChupisB. I. Verkin Physicotechnical Institute of Low Temperatures, K’kraman Academy of Sciences, Kharkov

Soviet Journal of Low Temperature Physicsjournal1992en

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Abstract

The existence of electric polarization and the linear magnetoelectric effect (LMEE) near the surface of a magnet of arbitrary symmetry in the magnetically ordered state is predicted. These phenomena are due to a change in the exchange energy and magnetic moment near the surface and can be described by a magnetoelectric energy of the form P(dM2/dn), where n is the normal to the crystal surface. The induced electric polarization and the LMEE susceptibility are calculated for a centrosymmetric ferromagnetic film.

Topics

Magnetic Properties of Alloys Magnetic Properties and Applications Magnetic properties of thin films

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DOI: 10.1063/10.0033137

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