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Enhancement of the Magnetoelectric Effect Using the Dynamic Jahn-Teller Effect in a Transition-Metal Complex
Yasunao Otsuki1, Shojiro Kimura1, Satoshi Awaji1
1Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
Abstract:
In this Letter, a novel mechanism to enhance the magnetoelectric (ME) coupling between electric polarization and magnetism using the dynamic Jahn-Teller (JT) effect is demonstrated. Electric polarization of over 100 μC/m^{2} is induced by the magnetic field owing to the second-order ME effect in the noncentrosymmetric transition metal complex [Mn^{III}(taa)]. This appearance of electric polarization does not require magnetic order in contrast to the linear ME effect in ME multiferroic materials. The value of the electric polarization is 1 order larger than that induced by the second-order ME effect, which originates from the p-d hybridization. Our calculation, taking into account the single-ion-type magnetic anisotropy originating from the spin-orbit interaction and ferrodistortive intermolecular interaction, verifies that the alignment of the JT distortion by the magnetic field results in the large electric polarization observed. Thus, our results provide a new method to gain strong ME coupling by tuning the atomic displacement using a magnetic field.
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