Model for twin electromagnons and magnetically induced oscillatory polarization in multiferroic RMnO3

被引：39

作者：

Stenberg, Markku P. V. ^{[1
]}

de Sousa, Rogerio ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Victoria, Dept Phys & Astron, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2009年 / 80卷 / 09期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;

关键词：

electron spin polarisation; ground states; magnetostriction; magnons; multiferroics; spin-orbit interactions; terbium compounds;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.80.094419

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

We propose a model for the pair of electromagnon excitations observed in the class of multiferroic materials RMnO3 (R is a rare-earth ion). The model is based on a harmonic cycloid ground state interacting with a zone-edge magnon and its twin excitation separated in momentum space by two times the cycloid wave vector. The pair of electromagnons is activated by cross coupling between magnetostriction and spin-orbit interactions. Remarkably, the spectral weight of the twin electromagnon is directly related to the presence of a magnetically induced oscillatory polarization in the ground state. This leads to the surprising prediction that TbMnO3 has an oscillatory polarization with amplitude 50 times larger than its uniform polarization.

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