Thuc T. Mai, C. Svoboda, M. T. Warren, T.-H. Jang, J. Brangham, Y. H. Jeong, S.-W. Cheong, and R. Valdés Aguilar
We studied the novel multiferroic material Sr2FeSi2O7 and found three absorption modes above the magnetic ordering transition temperature using time-domain terahertz spectroscopy. These absorption modes can be explained as the optical transitions between the spin-orbit coupling and crystal-field split 3d6Fe2+ ground-state term in this material. Consideration of the compressed tetrahedral environment of the Fe2+ site is crucial to understand the excitations. We point out, however, discrepancies between the single-site atomic picture and the experimental results.
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