Electromagnons in multiferroic YMn2O5 and TbMn2O5.

نویسندگان

  • A B Sushkov
  • R Valdés Aguilar
  • S Park
  • S-W Cheong
  • H D Drew
چکیده

Based on temperature dependent far infrared transmission spectra of YMn2O5 and TbMn2O5 single crystals, we report the observation of electric dipole-active magnetic excitations, or electromagnons, in these multiferroics. Electromagnons are found to be directly responsible for the steplike anomaly of the static dielectric constant at the commensurate--incommensurate magnetic transition and are the origin of the colossal magneto-dielectric effect reported in these multiferroics.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review letters

دوره 98 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007