Nonreciprocal directional dichroism effect in Ni<sub>3</sub>TeO<sub>6</sub> in the toroidal geometry

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Abstract

We bring together high magnetic field techniques, optical spectroscopy, and first principles electronic structure calculations to reveal high-energy, broadband nonreciprocal directional dichroism in Ni3TeO6. We focus on the toroidal geometry where polarization is perpendicular to the chiral spin arrangement, and light is propagating orthogonal to both. We employ circularly polarized as well as unpolarized light to fully explore the symmetry properties and eigenstates of the system as well as potential for photonics applications. Due to the spectral range of our work, we demonstrate nonreciprocal effects in the Ni2+ d-to-d on-site excitations as well as the phonon side bands that appear on the leading edge of these structures. In addition to being a peculiar and fundamental light-matter interaction in low-symmetric crystals, nonreciprocal directional dichroism can support one-way transparency, optical rectifiers, and high fidelity holograms – just to name a few.

*Acknowledgement to the National Science Foundation Designing materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program for the support (DMR-1629079 and DMR-1629059)

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Presenters

  • Kiman Park

    • Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Authors

  • Kiman Park

    • Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Heung-Sik Kim

    • Department of Physics, Kangwon National University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University; Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
    • Physics, Kangwon National University

  • Michael Yokosuk

    • University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    • Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  • Junjie Yang

    • Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    • Department of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology
    • New Jersey Institute of Technology
    • Physics, Central Michigan University
    • Central Michigan University

  • Jaewook Kim

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Emergent Materials, Rutgers University
    • Rutgers Center for Emergent Materials and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
    • Rutgers University
    • Physics, Rutgers University

  • Mateusz Goryca

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • NHMFL - Los Alamos
    • National High magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos

  • Scott Crooker

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
    • Los Alamos Natl Lab
    • NHMFL - Los Alamos
    • National High magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos

  • Kristjan Haule

    • Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers University
    • Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    • Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    • Rutgers Univeristy
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University
    • Rutgers University
    • Physics, Rutgers University
    • Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA 08854

  • Sang-Wook Cheong

    • Rutgers University
    • R-CEM & Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
    • Rutgers Center for Emergent Materials, Rutgers University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Center for Emergent Materials, Rutgers University; Max Planck POSTECH/Korea Research Initiative, Pohang University of Science and Technol
    • Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University
    • Rutgers University, Physics and Astronomy, and Laboratory for Pohang Emergent Materials and Max Plank POSTECH Center for Complex Phase Materials, Pohang University of Science
    • Rutgers Center for Emergent Materials and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
    • Rutgers University, Piscataway
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University
    • Department of Physics, Rutgers University
    • Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers University
    • Rutgers Center for Emergent Materials and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University
    • Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    • Physics, Rutgers University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA

  • David Vanderbilt

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Piscataway, NJ 08854, Rutgers University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
    • Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rutgers University
    • Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States
    • Rutgers University
    • Physics, Rutgers University
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
    • Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  • Janice Lynn Musfeldt

    • University of Tennessee
    • Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    • Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    • University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    • Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996, USA