Revealing Quadrupolar Excitations with Non-Linear Spectroscopy

Abstract

Local moments with a spin $S>1/2$ can exhibit a rich variety of elementary quasiparticle excitations, such as quadrupolar excitations, that go beyond the dipolar magnons of conventional spin-$1/2$ systems. However, the experimental observation of such quadrupolar excitations is often challenging due to the dipolar selection rules of many linear response probes, rendering them invisible. Here we show that non-linear spectroscopy, in the form of two-dimensional coherent spectroscopy (2DCS), can be used to reveal quadrupolar excitations. Considering a family of spin-1 Heisenberg ferromagnets with single-ion easy-axis anisotropy as an example, we explicitly calculate their 2DCS signature by combining exact diagonalization and generalized spin wave theory. We further demonstrate that 2DCS can provide access to the quadrupolar weight of an excitation, analogous to how linear response provides access to the dipolar weight. Our work highlights the potential of non-linear spectroscopy as a powerful tool to diagnose multipolar excitations in quantum magnets.

arXiv comment13 pages, 8 figures

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