Ab Initio Cycloidal and Chiral Magnetoelectric Responses in   Cr$_{2}$O$_{3}$
  We present a thorough density functional theory study of the magneto-electric (ME) effect in Cr$_{2}$O$_{3}$. The spin-lattice ME tensor $\alpha$ was determined in the low-field and spin flop (SF) phases, using the method of dynamical magnetic charges, and found to be the sum of three distinct components. Two of them, a large relativistic "cycloidal" term and a small longitudinal term, are independent on the spin orientation. The third, only active in the SF phases is also of relativistic origin and arises from magnetic-field-induced chirality, leading to a non-toroidal ME response. 
Natalie Tillack, Jonathan R Yates, Paolo G Radaelli
cond-mat.mtrl-sci