Incommensurate magnetic structure in the orthorhombic perovskite ErMnO_3

Ye, F.; Lorenz, B.; Huang, Q.; Wang, Y. Q.; Sun, Y. Y.; Chu, C. W.; Fernandez-Baca, J. A.; Dai, Pengcheng; Mook, H. A.

Incommensurate magnetic structure in the orthorhombic perovskite ErMnO_3

Authors

Fernandez-Baca, J. A.

Dai, Pengcheng

Mook, H. A.

Description

By combining dielectric, specific heat, and magnetization measurements and high-resolution neutron powder diffraction, we have investigated the thermodynamic and magnetic/structural properties of the metastable orthorhombic perovskite ErMnO_3 prepared by high-pressure synthesis. The system becomes antiferromagnetically correlated below 42 K and undergoes a lock-in transition at 28 K with propagation wave vector (0,k_b,0), which remains incommensurate at low temperature. The intercorrelation between the magnetic structure and electric properties and the role of the rare earth moment are discussed.
4 pages, 3 figures