- Accepted Paper
Probing the intrinsic linear magnetoelectric effect in the honeycomb antiferromagnet CoNbO using high magnetic fields
Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 21 August, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/4j2l-5hqs
Phys. Rev. B - Accepted 21 August, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/4j2l-5hqs
We report a systematic study of the linear magnetoelectric effect in Co4Nb2O9 single crystals under pulsed magnetic fields up to 52 T. By applying sufficiently high magnetic and electric fields synergistically, a complete single-domain state is achieved, providing direct access to the intrinsic magnetoelectric response. Based on this, comprehensive field-dependent polarization measurements were performed along both Px (x//[110]) and Py (y//[1-10]) under various magnetic field orientations, yielding ΔPx ~1000 μC/m2 and ΔPy ~110 μC/m2, which allows determination of the full dominant linear magnetoelectric tensor components αxx, αxy, αyx, and αyy. The angular-dependent Px measurements reveal a periodic modulation of the linear magnetoelectric response in both multidomain and single-domain states, demonstrating that the polarization direction continuously follows the rotation of the magnetic moments under a rotating magnetic field.
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