Abstract
Magnetic excitations in a cycloidal magnet LiCu2 O2 are explored using terahertz absorption spectroscopy in magnetic fields up to 12 T. Below the spin ordering temperature, eight optically active transitions are observed in the spin system of LiCu2 O2 in the range from 4 to 30 cm-1. In magnetic field the number of modes increases and the electric polarization flop is seen as a change in magnetic field dependence of mode energies. The polarization dependence of two of the modes in zero magnetic field fits the selection rules for the cycloid tilted by θ= (41±1) ° from the bc plane. For the remaining six modes electric and magnetic dipole approximations cannot explain the observed polarization dependence. The electromagnon is not seen in the explored energy range although there is evidence that it could exist below 4 cm-1.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 100402 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2009 Sep 11 |
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- Condensed Matter Physics
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Magnetic excitations and optical transitions in the multiferroic spin- 1 2 system LiCu2 O2. / Hüvonen, D.; Nagel, U.; Rõõm, T.; Choi, Y. J.; Zhang, C. L.; Park, S.; Cheong, S. W.
In: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 80, No. 10, 100402, 11.09.2009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Magnetic excitations and optical transitions in the multiferroic spin- 1 2 system LiCu2 O2
AU - Hüvonen, D.
AU - Nagel, U.
AU - Rõõm, T.
AU - Choi, Y. J.
AU - Zhang, C. L.
AU - Park, S.
AU - Cheong, S. W.
PY - 2009/9/11
Y1 - 2009/9/11
N2 - Magnetic excitations in a cycloidal magnet LiCu2 O2 are explored using terahertz absorption spectroscopy in magnetic fields up to 12 T. Below the spin ordering temperature, eight optically active transitions are observed in the spin system of LiCu2 O2 in the range from 4 to 30 cm-1. In magnetic field the number of modes increases and the electric polarization flop is seen as a change in magnetic field dependence of mode energies. The polarization dependence of two of the modes in zero magnetic field fits the selection rules for the cycloid tilted by θ= (41±1) ° from the bc plane. For the remaining six modes electric and magnetic dipole approximations cannot explain the observed polarization dependence. The electromagnon is not seen in the explored energy range although there is evidence that it could exist below 4 cm-1.
AB - Magnetic excitations in a cycloidal magnet LiCu2 O2 are explored using terahertz absorption spectroscopy in magnetic fields up to 12 T. Below the spin ordering temperature, eight optically active transitions are observed in the spin system of LiCu2 O2 in the range from 4 to 30 cm-1. In magnetic field the number of modes increases and the electric polarization flop is seen as a change in magnetic field dependence of mode energies. The polarization dependence of two of the modes in zero magnetic field fits the selection rules for the cycloid tilted by θ= (41±1) ° from the bc plane. For the remaining six modes electric and magnetic dipole approximations cannot explain the observed polarization dependence. The electromagnon is not seen in the explored energy range although there is evidence that it could exist below 4 cm-1.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.100402
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.100402
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JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
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