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Electromagnons in multiferroic YMn2O5 and TbMn2O5

arXiv:cond-mat/0608707 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.027202

Abstract

Based on temperature dependent far infrared transmission spectra of YMn2O5 and TbMn2O5 single crystals, we report the observation of electric dipole-active magnetic excitations, or electromagnons, in these multiferroics. Electromagnons are found to be directly responsible for the step-like anomaly of the static dielectric constant at the commensurate--incommensurate magnetic transition and are the origin of the colossal magneto-dielectric effect reported in these multiferroics.

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