期刊
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
卷 18, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/18/4/043015
关键词
multiferroics; domain engineering; piezoresponse force microscopy; second harmonic generation
资金
- SNSF [200021-149192, 200021-147080]
- US. Department of Energy
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200021_147080, 200021_149192] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
We investigate the effect of chemical doping on the electric and magnetic domain pattern in multiferroic hexagonal ErMnO3. Hole-and electron doping are achieved through the growth of Er1-chi Ca chi MnO3 and Er1-chi Zr chi MnO3 single crystals, which allows for a controlled introduction of divalent and tetravalent ions, respectively. Using conductance measurements, piezoresponse force microscopy and nonlinear optics we study doping-related variations in the electronic transport and image the corrsponding ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic domains. We find that moderate doping levels allow for adjusting the electronic conduction properties of ErMnO3 without destroying its characteristic domain patterns. Our findings demonstrate the feasibility of chemical doping for nonperturbative property-engineering of intrinsic domain states in this important class of multiferroics.
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