Wednesday, March 20, 2013

1303.4491 (Masahito Mochizuki et al.)

Magnetoelectric Resonances and Predicted Microwave Diode Effect of
Skyrmion Crystal in Multiferroic Chiral-Lattice Magnet
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Masahito Mochizuki, Shinichiro Seki
We theoretically discover that unique eigenmodes of skyrmion crystal (SkX) are not only magnetically active to ac magnetic field (H^w) but also electrically active to ac electric field (E^w) in a multiferroic chiral-lattice magnet Cu2OSeO3, which amplifies the dynamical magnetoelectric coupling between E^w and the spin texture. The resulting intense interference between their electric and magnetic activation processes can lead to unprecedentedly large diode effect on the microwave, i.e., its absorption by SkX changes up to ~20% when the incident direction is reversed. Our results demonstrate that the skyrmion can be a promising building block for microwave devices.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.4491

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