Long range antiferromagnetic order of formally non-magnetic Eu${}^{3+}$ Van Vleck ions observed in multiferroic Eu${}_{1-x}$Y${}_x$MnO${}_3$

Arvid Skaugen, Enrico Schierle, Gerrit van der Laan +4

We report on resonant magnetic x-ray scattering and absorption spectroscopy studies of exchange-coupled antiferromagnetic ordering of Eu${}^{3+}$ magnetic moments in multiferroic Eu$…