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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
卷 130, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.036801
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This study focuses on the spin-lattice coupling in multiferroic Swedenborgites and demonstrates the enhanced magneto-electric coupling through orbital degrees of freedom.
Orbital degrees of freedom mediating an interaction between spin and lattice were predicted to raise strong magnetoelectric effect, i.e., to realize an efficient coupling between magnetic and ferroelectric orders. However, the effect of orbital fluctuations has been considered only in a few magnetoelectric materials, as orbital-degeneracy driven Jahn-Teller effect rarely couples to polarization. Here, we explore the spin-lattice coupling in multiferroic Swedenborgites with mixed valence and Jahn-Teller active transition metal ions on a stacked triangular and Kagome lattice using infrared and dielectric spectroscopy. On one hand, in CaBaM4O7 (M = Co, Fe), we observe a strong magnetic-order-induced shift in the phonon frequencies and a corresponding large change in the dielectric response. Remarkably, as an unusual manifestation of the spin-phonon coupling, the spin fluctuations reduce the phonon lifetime by one order of magnitude at the magnetic phase transitions. On the other hand, lattice vibrations, dielectric response, and electric polarization show no variation at the Neel temperature of CaBaFe2Co2O7, which is built up by orbital singlet ions. Our results provide a showcase for orbital degrees of freedom enhanced magneto -electric coupling via the example of Swedenborgites.
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