Order Parameters and Phase Diagrams of Multiferroics

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the symmetry, order parameters, and phase diagrams of various multiferroic materials, providing detailed insights into their magnetoelectric properties and phase transitions.

Contribution

It offers a comprehensive analysis of the symmetry properties and phase diagrams of multiple multiferroic compounds, including detailed case studies.

Findings

Symmetry properties of multiferroics are systematically characterized.

Phase diagrams of several multiferroics are mapped out.

Order parameters for different compounds are identified and analyzed.

Abstract

The symmetry properties, order parameters, and magnetoelectric phase diagrams of multiferroics are discussed. After brief reviews of Ni$_3$V$_2$O$_8$, TbMnO$_3$, and RbFe(MoO$_4$)$_2$, we present a detailed analysis of RMn$_2$O$_5$ (with R=Y, Ho, Dy, Er, Tb, Tm).