Optical Control of Ferroaxial Order
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| author | He, Zhiren Khalsa, Guru |
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| contents | Materials that exhibit ferroaxial order hold potential for novel multiferroic applications. However, in pure ferroaxials, domains are not directly coupled to stress or static electric field due to their symmetry, limiting the ability to pole and switch between domains -- features required for real-world applications. Here we propose a general approach to selectively condense and switch between ferroaxial domains with light. We show that circularly polarized light pulses on resonance with infrared-active phonons manifest helicity-dependent control over ferroaxial domains. Nonlinear contributions to the lattice polarizability play an essential role in this phenomenon. We illustrate the feasibility of our approach using first-principle calculations and dynamical simulations for the archetypal ferroaxial material RbFe(MoO$_4$)$_2$. Our results are discussed in the context of future pump-probe optical experiments, where polarization, carrier frequency, and fluence threshold are explored. |
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| spellingShingle | Optical Control of Ferroaxial Order He, Zhiren Khalsa, Guru Materials Science Optics Materials that exhibit ferroaxial order hold potential for novel multiferroic applications. However, in pure ferroaxials, domains are not directly coupled to stress or static electric field due to their symmetry, limiting the ability to pole and switch between domains -- features required for real-world applications. Here we propose a general approach to selectively condense and switch between ferroaxial domains with light. We show that circularly polarized light pulses on resonance with infrared-active phonons manifest helicity-dependent control over ferroaxial domains. Nonlinear contributions to the lattice polarizability play an essential role in this phenomenon. We illustrate the feasibility of our approach using first-principle calculations and dynamical simulations for the archetypal ferroaxial material RbFe(MoO$_4$)$_2$. Our results are discussed in the context of future pump-probe optical experiments, where polarization, carrier frequency, and fluence threshold are explored. |
| title | Optical Control of Ferroaxial Order |
| topic | Materials Science Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.17362 |