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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 78, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.155121
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- NSF [DMR-0706020]
- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, U. S. DOE
- National Key Projects for Basic Research of China [2006CB921802, 2009CB929501]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50832002]
- China Scholarship Council
- Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of Nanjing University
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The origin of the spiral spin order in perovskite multiferroic manganites RMnO3 (R=Tb or Dy) is here investigated using a two e(g)-orbital double-exchange model. Our main result is that the experimentally observed spiral phase can be stabilized by introducing a relatively weak next-nearest-neighbor superexchange coupling (similar to 10% of the nearest-neighbor superexchange). Moreover, the Jahn-Teller lattice distortion is also shown to be essential to obtain a realistic spiral period. Supporting our conclusions, the generic phase diagram of undoped perovskite manganites is obtained using Monte Carlo simulations, showing phase transitions from the A-type antiferromagnet, to the spiral phase, and finally to the E-type antiferromagnet, with decreasing size of the R ions. These results are qualitatively explained by the enhanced relative intensity of the superexchanges.
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