In situ electric-field control of THz nonreciprocal directional dichroism in the multiferroic Ba2CoGe2O7

  • Nonreciprocal directional dichroism, also called the optical-diode effect, is an appealing functional property inherent to the large class of noncentrosymmetric magnets. However, the in situ electric control of this phenomenon is challenging as it requires a set of conditions to be fulfilled: Special symmetries of the magnetic ground state, spin excitations with comparable magnetic- and electric-dipole activity, and switchable electric polarization. We demonstrate the isothermal electric switch between domains of Ba2CoGe2O7 possessing opposite magnetoelectric susceptibilities. Combining THz spectroscopy and multiboson spin-wave analysis, we show that unbalancing the population of antiferromagnetic domains generates the nonreciprocal light absorption of spin excitations.

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Author:J. Vít, J. Viirok, L. Peedu, T. Rõõm, U. Nagel, V. Kocsis, Y. Tokunaga, Y. Taguchi, Y. Tokura, István KézsmárkiORCiDGND, P. Balla, K. Penc, J. Romhányi, S. Bordács
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-914424
Frontdoor URLhttps://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/91442
ISSN:0031-9007OPAC
ISSN:1079-7114OPAC
Parent Title (English):Physical Review Letters
Publisher:American Physical Society (APS)
Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2021
Publishing Institution:Universität Augsburg
Release Date:2021/12/22
Tag:General Physics and Astronomy
Volume:127
Issue:15
First Page:157201
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.127.157201
Institutes:Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät / Institut für Physik
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät / Institut für Physik / Lehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik V
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik
Licence (German):Deutsches Urheberrecht