Microscopic mechanisms of spin-dependent electric polarization in 3d oxides
arXiv:0910.4254 · doi:10.1140/epjb/e2009-00264-6
Abstract
We present a short critical overview of different microscopic models for nonrelativistic and relativistic magnetoelectric coupling including the so-called "spin current scenario", ab-initio calculations, and several recent microscopic approaches to a spin-dependent electric polarization in 3d oxides.
8 pages, 3 figures