Observation of acoustic magneto-chiral anisotropy in $\alpha$-quartz

Abstract

We report the experimental observation of magneto-chiral anisotropy in the longitudinal and transverse ultrasound propagation in $\alpha$-quartz. To perform such measurement, we have built an ultrasound spectrometer with unprecedented experimental resolution of the order of $\Delta v/v\sim 10^{-8}$. We present a simple macroscopic Becquerel-like analytical model that accounts for the magnitude of the observed effect and its frequency dependence.

arXiv comment5 pages, 3 figures. Supplementary material available upon request

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