Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Stretching magnetism with an electric field in a nitride semiconductor

  • D. Sztenkiel,
  • M. Foltyn,
  • G. P. Mazur,
  • R. Adhikari,
  • K. Kosiel,
  • K. Gas,
  • M. Zgirski,
  • R. Kruszka,
  • R. Jakiela,
  • Tian Li,
  • A. Piotrowska,
  • A. Bonanni,
  • M. Sawicki,
  • T. Dietl

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13232
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The wurtzite crystal structure of nitride semiconductors results in strong piezoelectricity. Here, the authors also achieve electric-field control of the magnetization of gallium manganese nitride, thus showing that piezoelectric and magnetoelectric effects can be combined in the same material.