Optical selection rules of the magnetic excitation in the S= 12 one-dimensional Ising-like antiferromagnet BaCo2 V2 O8

Shojiro Kimura, Hiroaki Onishi, Akira Okutani, Mitsuru Akaki, Yasuo Narumi, Masayuki Hagiwara, Kouichi Okunishi, Koichi Kindo, Zhangzhen He, Tomoyasu Taniyama, Mitsuru Itoh

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Abstract

In this study, we clarify the selection rules of optical transitions from the ground state to the magnetic excited states in the quasi-one-dimensional quantum Ising-like antiferromagnet BaCo2V2O8 with spin S=12 using the high-field electron spin resonance measurement with illuminating polarized electromagnetic waves. We demonstrate that the unconventional magnetic excitation via the pair creation of quasipaticles at wave numbers qz = π/2 and π in the field-induced quantum critical state can couple with both oscillating magnetic and electric fields. Our density matrix renormalization group calculations indicate that the observed selection rules can be explained by two- and four-fold periodical spin interactions, originating from the screw chain structure in BaCo2V2O8, in addition to the magnetoelectric coupling between spins and electric dipoles.

Original languageEnglish
Article number014417
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume105
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022 Jan 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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