Thursday, September 5, 2019

Abstract-Terahertz optomagnetism: Nonlinear THz excitation of GHz spin waves in antiferromagnetic FeBO 3


E. A. Mashkovich, K. A. Grishunin, R. V. Mikhaylovskiy, A. K. Zvezdin, R. V. Pisarev, M. B. Strugatsky, P. C. M. Christianen, Th. Rasing, and A. V. Kimel

https://journals.aps.org/prl/accepted/f0076Yf6Q491f36a663a7df0eb0a420e30dde4d37

A nearly single cycle intense terahertz (THz) pulse with peak electric and magnetic fields of 0.5 MV/cm and 0.16 T, respectively, excites both modes of spin resonances in the weak antiferromagnet FeBO3. The high frequency quasi-antiferromagnetic mode is excited resonantly and its amplitude scales linearly with the strength of the THz magnetic field, whereas the low frequency quasiferromagnetic mode is excited via a nonlinear mechanism that scales quadratically with the strength of the THz electric field and can be regarded as a THz inverse Cotton-Mouton effect. THz opto-magnetism is shown to be more energy efficient than similar effects reported previously for the near-infrared spectral range

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