| Literature DB >> 17358642 |
A B Sushkov1, R Valdés Aguilar, S Park, S-W Cheong, H D Drew.
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 steplike 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.Entities:
Year: 2007 PMID: 17358642 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.027202
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161