Lattice-induced spin dynamics in Dirac magnet CoTiO3
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| author | Baydin, Andrey Luo, Jiaming He, Zhiren Doumani, Jacques Lin, Tong Tay, Fuyang He, Jiaming Zhou, Jianshi Khalsa, Guru Kono, Junichiro Zhu, Hanyu |
| author_facet | Baydin, Andrey Luo, Jiaming He, Zhiren Doumani, Jacques Lin, Tong Tay, Fuyang He, Jiaming Zhou, Jianshi Khalsa, Guru Kono, Junichiro Zhu, Hanyu |
| contents | Spin-lattice coupling is crucial for understanding the spin transport and dynamics for spintronics and magnonics applications. Recently, cobalt titanate (CoTiO3), an easy-plane antiferromagnet, has been found to host axial phonons with a large magnetic moment, which may originate from spin-lattice coupling. Here, we investigate the effect of light-driven lattice dynamics on the magnetic properties of CoTiO3 using time-resolved spectroscopy with a THz pump and a magneto-optic probe. We found resonantly driven Raman active phonons, phonon-polariton-induced excitation of the antiferromagnetic magnons, and a slow increase in the polarization rotation of the probe, all indicating symmetry breaking that is not intrinsic to the magnetic space group. The temperature dependence confirmed that the observed spin dynamics is related to the magnetic order, and we suggest surface effects as a possible mechanism. Our results of THz-induced spin-lattice dynamics signify that extrinsic symmetry breaking may contribute strongly and unexpectedly to light-driven phenomena in bulk complex oxides. |
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| spellingShingle | Lattice-induced spin dynamics in Dirac magnet CoTiO3 Baydin, Andrey Luo, Jiaming He, Zhiren Doumani, Jacques Lin, Tong Tay, Fuyang He, Jiaming Zhou, Jianshi Khalsa, Guru Kono, Junichiro Zhu, Hanyu Materials Science Other Condensed Matter Optics Spin-lattice coupling is crucial for understanding the spin transport and dynamics for spintronics and magnonics applications. Recently, cobalt titanate (CoTiO3), an easy-plane antiferromagnet, has been found to host axial phonons with a large magnetic moment, which may originate from spin-lattice coupling. Here, we investigate the effect of light-driven lattice dynamics on the magnetic properties of CoTiO3 using time-resolved spectroscopy with a THz pump and a magneto-optic probe. We found resonantly driven Raman active phonons, phonon-polariton-induced excitation of the antiferromagnetic magnons, and a slow increase in the polarization rotation of the probe, all indicating symmetry breaking that is not intrinsic to the magnetic space group. The temperature dependence confirmed that the observed spin dynamics is related to the magnetic order, and we suggest surface effects as a possible mechanism. Our results of THz-induced spin-lattice dynamics signify that extrinsic symmetry breaking may contribute strongly and unexpectedly to light-driven phenomena in bulk complex oxides. |
| title | Lattice-induced spin dynamics in Dirac magnet CoTiO3 |
| topic | Materials Science Other Condensed Matter Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20354 |