TY - JOUR
T1 - Resonant x-ray magnetoelectric effect in a centrosymmetric spinel oxide
AU - Matsubara, M.
AU - Shimada, Y.
AU - Ohgushi, K.
AU - Arima, T.
AU - Tokura, Y.
PY - 2009/5/1
Y1 - 2009/5/1
N2 - We show clear evidence that the local magnetoelectric (ME) effect arising from the noncentrosymmetric magnetic sites can be element-specifically detected by using the resonant x-ray ME scattering (XMES), even in systems where the space-inversion (I) or the time-reversal (R) symmetry is globally restored. At the (222) reflection in a centrosymmetric spinel oxide MnCr2 O4, where the conventional Mn-resonant x-ray magnetic scattering is forbidden, we have observed a resonant magnetic signal at the intra-atomic 1s-3d absorption edge of Mn ions on tetrahedral sites, which is uniquely attributed to the XMES. This unique x-ray scattering is caused by a transfer of the spectral weight between the electric dipole (E1) and electric quadrupole (E2) transitions through the spin-orbit coupling. The possibility of the important application utilizing the ME scattering technique is discussed as well.
AB - We show clear evidence that the local magnetoelectric (ME) effect arising from the noncentrosymmetric magnetic sites can be element-specifically detected by using the resonant x-ray ME scattering (XMES), even in systems where the space-inversion (I) or the time-reversal (R) symmetry is globally restored. At the (222) reflection in a centrosymmetric spinel oxide MnCr2 O4, where the conventional Mn-resonant x-ray magnetic scattering is forbidden, we have observed a resonant magnetic signal at the intra-atomic 1s-3d absorption edge of Mn ions on tetrahedral sites, which is uniquely attributed to the XMES. This unique x-ray scattering is caused by a transfer of the spectral weight between the electric dipole (E1) and electric quadrupole (E2) transitions through the spin-orbit coupling. The possibility of the important application utilizing the ME scattering technique is discussed as well.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.180407
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.180407
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67049132641
VL - 79
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
SN - 0163-1829
IS - 18
M1 - 180407
ER -