Room temperature ferrimagnetism in Yb-doped relaxor ferroelectric PbFe2/3W1/3O3

  • D. C. Joshi
  • , S. A. Ivanov
  • , A. A. Bush
  • , T. Sarkar
  • , Z. G. Ye
  • , P. Nordblad
  • , R. Mathieu

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Abstract

We report ferrimagnetism and reentrant relaxor ferroelectricity near room temperature in a Yb-doped PbFe2/3W1/3O3 cubic perovskite. Structural analysis reveals the presence of a single cubic perovskite phase, with the Fm 3 m space group [lattice parameter: a = 8.0112(3) Å], and partial B-site ordering. The B-site ordering yields uncompensated magnetic moments in the antiferromagnetic structure of PbFe2/3W1/3O3 and ferrimagnetism near room temperature. An excess moment of ∼0.6 μB/B-site may be estimated from magnetic hysteresis curves recorded up to 50 kOe at 5 K. The temperature dependent magnetodielectric study reveals a sequential phase transition from a long-range ferroelectric state (across 280 K) to a short-range relaxor ferroelectric state (across 190 K). The long-range ferroelectric ordering is found to be more affected by the application of external magnetic fields than the relaxor phase.

Original languageEnglish
Article number072902
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume115
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Aug 2019

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