First Principles Study of Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Interplay in Ferroelectromagnetic Yttrium Manganite
Alessio Filippetti, Nicola A. Hill
Abstract
We present results of local spin density approximation pseudopotential calculations for the ferroelectromagnet, yttrium manganite (YMnO3). The origin of the differences between ferroelectric and non-ferroelectric perovskite manganites is determined by comparing the calculated properties of yttrium manganite in its ferroelectric hexagonal and non-ferroelectric orthorhombic phases. In addition, orthorhombic YMnO3 is compared with the prototypical non-ferroelectric manganite, lanthanum manganite. We show that, while the octahedral crystal field splitting of the cubic perovskite structure causes a centro-symmetric Jahn-Teller distortion around the Mn3+ ion, the markedly different splitting in hexagonal perovskites creates an electronic configuration consistent with ferroelectric distortion. We explain the nature of the distortion, and show that a local magnetic moment on the Mn3+ ion is a requirement for it to occur.
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