Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy of electromagnons in multiferroic perovskite manganites [Invited]

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Kida, N ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Lee, J S ^a   Shimano, R ^a   Yamasaki, Y ^a   Kaneko, Y ^a   Miyahara, S ^a   Furukawa, N ^a,b   Arima, T ^c   Tokura, Y ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRICITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETISM; MANGANESE; MANGANITES; METAL IONS; PEROVSKITE; PLASMONS; POLARIZATION; REFLECTOMETERS; RESONANCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE; COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD COMPONENTS; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD COMPONENTS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; TERAHERTZ TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 68949152268     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000A35     Document Type: Article

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