Terahertz Vortex Beam as a Spectroscopic Probe of Magnetic Excitations

Sirenko, A. A.; Marsik, P.; Bernhard, C.; Stanislavchuk, T. N.; Kiryukhin, V.; Cheong, S. -W.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.122.237401

Title: Terahertz Vortex Beam as a Spectroscopic Probe of Magnetic Excitations

Journal Article · 12 June 2019 · Physical Review Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.122.237401 · OSTI ID:1609840

Sirenko, A. A. ^[1]; Marsik, P. ^[2]; Bernhard, C. ^[2]; Stanislavchuk, T. N. ^[1]; Kiryukhin, V. ^[3]; Cheong, S. -W. ^[3]

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ (United States)
Univ. of Fribourg (Switzerland)
Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)

Circularly polarized light with spin angular momentum is one of the most valuable probes of magnetism. We demonstrate that light beams with orbital angular momentum (OAM), or vortex beams, can also couple to magnetism exhibiting dichroisms in a magnetized medium. Resonant optical absorption in a ferrimagnetic crystal depends strongly on both the handedness of the vortex and the direction of the beam propagation with respect to the sample magnetization. This effect exceeds the conventional dichroism for circularly polarized light. Furthermore, our results demonstrate the high potential of the vortex beams with OAM as a new spectroscopic probe of magnetism in matter.

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Research Organization:: Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46382

OSTI ID:: 1609840

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1546402

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 122, Issue 23; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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