Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5457405 Solid State Communications 2016 21 Pages PDF
Abstract
By using quantum Monte Carlo (MC) simulation, the electric properties of an Ising spin superlattice formed by two ferroelectric slabs A and B with an antiferroelectric interfacial coupling was studied within the framework of the Transverse Ising Model (TIM). We have examined the effects of the temperature T and the transverse field Ω on the polarization properties. We have also examined the effects of the interfacial coupling JAB, T, and Ω on the hysteresis behavior. Our results are in good agreement with the previous theoretical results; we have found that the critical temperature Tc and the critical transverse field Ωc decrease with the increase of Ω and T respectively. In addition one or triple hysteresis loops can appear in the present system.
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