Abstract
Dielectric spectroscopy is used to check for the onset of polar order in the quasi-one-dimensional quantum spin system Sul-CuCl when passing from the spin-liquid state into the ordered spiral phase in an external magnetic field. We find clear evidence for multiferroicity in this material and treat in detail its - phase diagram close to the quantum critical regime.
- Received 14 March 2012
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.87.121105
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