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Vector Potential and Surface Magnetic Field in Magnetoelectric Antiferromagnetic Materials
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. B 102, 174411 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- A general formula for the average vector potential of bulk periodic systems is proposed and shown to set the boundary conditions at magnetic interfaces. For antiferromagnetic materials, the study reveals a unique relation between the macroscopic potential and the orientation-dependent magnetic quadrupole, as a result of the different crystalline and magnetic symmetries. In particular, at surfaces and interfaces of a truncated bulk without inversion and time-reversal symmetries, the average vector potential exhibits a discontinuity, which results in an interfacial magnetic field. In general, however, due to the surface and interface electronic and atomic relaxations, additional magnetization may result. For the experimentally-observed magnetoelectric antiferromagnets, in particular, our symmetry analysis suggest that the relaxation effects could well be a system response to the presence of such a potential discontinuity.<br />Comment: 15 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Physical Review B
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Rev. B 102, 174411 (2020)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2010.01372
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.174411