Phys. Rev. B 69, 064114 (2004) [7 pages]Magnetic-field-induced phase transition in BiFeO3 observed by high-field electron spin resonance: Cycloidal to homogeneous spin orderReceived 24 April 2003; revised 29 September 2003; published 27 February 2004 Bismuth ferrite is a magnetoelectric material, which simultaneously has polarization and spin orders. We have used electron spin resonance (ESR) as a local probe of the magnetic order in the magnetic-field range of 0–25 T, in the frequency domain of 115–360 GHz, and at a temperature of 4.2 K. The data reveal significant changes in the ESR spectra with increasing field, which have been analyzed by taking into account the magnetic anisotropy of the crystal and a magnetoelectric Dzyaloshinsky-Moria-like interaction. The results demonstrate an induced phase transition from an incommensurately cycloidal modulated state to one with homogeneous spin order. © 2004 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.064114
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.69.064114
PACS:
77.80.-e, 75.25.+z, 75.80.+q
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