Direct optical excitation of two and three magnons in α-Fe2O3
Author(s) -
Yukito Tanabe,
Yoko Fujimaki,
Kazutoshi Kojima,
S. Uchida,
Seiichiro Onari,
Takashi Matsuo,
Syougo Azuma,
Eiichi Hanamura
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
low temperature physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1090-6517
pISSN - 1063-777X
DOI - 10.1063/1.2008139
Subject(s) - magnon , excitation , raman scattering , raman spectroscopy , spectral line , polarization (electrochemistry) , scattering , condensed matter physics , physics , materials science , atomic physics , molecular physics , optics , chemistry , quantum mechanics , ferromagnetism
Direct excitation of two and three magnons is observed in mid-infrared absorption and Raman scattering spectra of α-Fe2O3 crystals. These polarization characteristics and the spectra themselves are shown to be understood from group-theoretical point of view. The microscopic mechanism of three-magnon excitation is proposed in addition to that of well-known two-magnon excitation process.
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