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Magnetic ground state and magnon-phonon interaction in multiferroic h-YMnO$_3$
- Source :
- Holm, S L, Kreisel, A, Schaeffer, T K, Bakke, A, Bertelsen, M, Hansen, U B, Retuerto, M, Larsen, J, Prabhakaran, D, Deen, P P, Yamani, Z, Birk, J O, Stuhr, U, Niedermayer, C, Fennell, A L, Andersen, B M & Lefmann, K 2018, ' Magnetic ground state and magnon-phonon interaction in multiferroic h-YMnO 3 ', Physical Review B, vol. 97, no. 13, 134304 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.134304
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- arXiv, 2017.
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Abstract
- Inelastic neutron scattering has been used to study the magneto-elastic excitations in the multiferroic manganite hexagonal YMnO$_3$. An avoided crossing is found between magnon and phonon modes close to the Brillouin zone boundary in the $(a,b)$-plane. Neutron polarization analysis reveals that this mode has mixed magnon-phonon character. An external magnetic field along the $c$-axis is observed to cause a linear field-induced splitting of one of the spin wave branches. A theoretical description is performed, using a Heisenberg model of localized spins, acoustic phonon modes and a magneto-elastic coupling via the single-ion magnetostriction. The model quantitatively reproduces the dispersion and intensities of all modes in the full Brillouin zone, describes the observed magnon-phonon hybridized modes, and quantifies the magneto-elastic coupling. The combined information, including the field-induced magnon splitting, allows us to exclude several of the earlier proposed models and point to the correct magnetic ground state symmetry, and provides an effective dynamic model relevant for the multiferroic hexagonal manganites.<br />Comment: 12 pages, 10 figures
- Subjects :
- Physics
Condensed matter physics
Spins
Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
Phonon
Heisenberg model
Magnon
FOS: Physical sciences
02 engineering and technology
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Inelastic neutron scattering
Magnetic field
Brillouin zone
Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons
Condensed Matter::Materials Science
0103 physical sciences
Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons
010306 general physics
0210 nano-technology
Ground state
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- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Holm, S L, Kreisel, A, Schaeffer, T K, Bakke, A, Bertelsen, M, Hansen, U B, Retuerto, M, Larsen, J, Prabhakaran, D, Deen, P P, Yamani, Z, Birk, J O, Stuhr, U, Niedermayer, C, Fennell, A L, Andersen, B M & Lefmann, K 2018, ' Magnetic ground state and magnon-phonon interaction in multiferroic h-YMnO 3 ', Physical Review B, vol. 97, no. 13, 134304 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.134304
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d1dbc31657b958833927fd0eab5961a8
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1707.02468