Low energy excitations in multiferroic Ca3CoMnO6 in the far infrared.

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Abstract

Ferroelctricity was recently discovered in Ca3CoMnO6 (Y.J.Choi et al., PRL 100 (2008) 047601) which is a quasi 1 D spin up-up- down-down system. We report the results of infrared (5-250 cm- 1) transmission study of multiferroic Ca3CoMnO6 as a function of temperature T (3-300~K) and magnetic field H (0-8 T). Two peaks are observed at and below T$_N=17$ K. Narrow peak at 35 cm-1 is observed at low T and is identified as the ground state feature. This feature is suppressed with raising T or in magnetic field and the other broad feature at 25 cm-1 emerges. Neither peak is split or shifted by magnetic field. We will discuss the possible origin of these two excitations.

*Work supported in part by NSF-MRSEC under grant DMR-0520471.

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Authors

  • A.B. Sushkov

    • University of Maryland
    • Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
    • MRSEC, University of Maryland at College Park

  • H.D. Drew

    • University of Maryland

  • Y.J. Choi

    • Rutgers University

  • H.T. Yi

    • Rutgers University

  • S. Lee

    • Rutgers University

  • S.W. Cheong

    • Rutgers University