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DF: Fachverband Dielektrische Festkörper

DF 4: Multiferroics II (jointly with MA, DS, KR, TT)

DF 4.8: Talk

Monday, March 26, 2012, 17:15–17:30, EB 301

Origin of spin canting in multiferroic perovskites — •Carlo Weingart, Eric Bousquet, and Nicola Spaldin — Materials Department, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

In magnetic perovskites with oxygen octahedral distortions, it is usually admitted that the Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction (DM) is responsible for the spin canting. This statement is however partially true since the single-ion anisotropy (SIA) can also allow for similar spin canting. By decomposing the different magnetic interactions (exchange, DM and SIA) from first-principles calculations, we show that depending on the magnetic cation, the DM and the SIA can be of similar amplitude. This allow us to reconsider the origin of the weak ferromagnetism in multiferroics.