Magnetoelectric effects and their dynamic behavior in a CuFeO2 single crystal grown by the floating zone technique are investigated at low temperature in pulsed high magnetic fields. Experimental results show that the magnetization, dielectric polarization, and magnetoelectric coupling are anisotropic. In the magnetization, a field-induced multi-step-like transition with hysteresis is observed, in which the critical magnetic fields are independent of the field sweep rate. In the dielectric polarization, the field-induced dielectric polarization with hysteresis (or partial irreversible) is only observed in the incommensurate-noncollinear phase. In particular, no obvious spontaneous dielectric polarization is observed in the lower magnetic field regime. Using a pulsed high magnetic field with various magnetic field strength and field sweep rates, the coupling behavior between the magnetic moment and the dielectric polarization is investigated. Experimental results show that the dielectric polarization is weakly related to the field sweep rate. In the field-decreasing branch, the magnetic field is higher, the magnetic field region of the dielectric polarization remains is lower, indicating that the pulsed high magnetic field has an effect on the enhancement of the spontaneous dielectric polarization.
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