Emerging spin–phonon coupling through cross-talk of two magnetic sublattices

Mads C. Weber; Mael Guennou; Donald M. Evans; Constance Toulouse; Arkadiy Simonov; Yevheniia Kholina; Xiaoxuan Ma; Wei Ren; Shixun Cao; Michael A. Carpenter; Brahim Dkhil; Manfred Fiebig; Jens Kreisel

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27267-8

Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Emerging spin–phonon coupling through cross-talk of two magnetic sublattices

Mads C. Weber,
Mael Guennou,
Donald M. Evans,
Constance Toulouse,
Arkadiy Simonov,
Yevheniia Kholina,
Xiaoxuan Ma,
Wei Ren,
Shixun Cao,
Michael A. Carpenter,
Brahim Dkhil,
Manfred Fiebig,
Jens Kreisel

Affiliations

Mads C. Weber: Department of Materials, ETH Zurich
Mael Guennou: Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, 41 Rue du Brill
Donald M. Evans: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
Constance Toulouse: Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, 41 Rue du Brill
Arkadiy Simonov: Department of Materials, ETH Zurich
Yevheniia Kholina: Department of Materials, ETH Zurich
Xiaoxuan Ma: Department of Physics, Materials Genome Institute and International Center for Quantum and Molecular Structures, Shanghai University
Wei Ren: Department of Physics, Materials Genome Institute and International Center for Quantum and Molecular Structures, Shanghai University
Shixun Cao: Department of Physics, Materials Genome Institute and International Center for Quantum and Molecular Structures, Shanghai University
Michael A. Carpenter: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
Brahim Dkhil: Laboratoire Structures, Propriétés et Modélisation des Solides, Centrale Supélec, CNRS-UMR8580, Université Paris-Saclay
Manfred Fiebig: Department of Materials, ETH Zurich
Jens Kreisel: Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, 41 Rue du Brill

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27267-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Typically, magnetic phenomena result from the spontaneous order of the sublattices. Here, the cross-talk of two magnetic ions gives rise to an intrinsic, yet non-spontaneous ordering and manifests as emergent strong spin–phonon coupling in SmFeO3.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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