Magnetic-field switching of exciton-magnon coupling in LiNiPO$_4$

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Autori principali: Sun, Bei, Yang, Zhuo, Shibuya, Julian, Kindo, Koichi, Kimura, Kenta, Miyata, Atsuhiko
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Pubblicazione: 2026
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author Sun, Bei
Yang, Zhuo
Shibuya, Julian
Kindo, Koichi
Kimura, Kenta
Miyata, Atsuhiko
author_facet Sun, Bei
Yang, Zhuo
Shibuya, Julian
Kindo, Koichi
Kimura, Kenta
Miyata, Atsuhiko
contents Exciton-magnon transitions provide a fundamental optical fingerprint of coupled excitonic and magnetic excitations in antiferromagnets. However, controlling such coupled excitations by external fields remains a key challenge. Here we report the temperature and magnetic-field evolution of exciton-magnon coupling in the magnetoelectric antiferromagnet LiNiPO$_4$ using pulsed magnetic fields up to 50 T. The magnon sideband intensity exhibits sharp switching across field-induced magnetic phases, with strong suppression in plateau phases and enhancement in canted spin states. This behavior is attributed to the interplay between the thermal magnon population and the spin-dependent optical transition matrix element. These results demonstrate that magnetic-field control of spin degrees of freedom enables selective switching of exciton-magnon coupling in antiferromagnets.
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spellingShingle Magnetic-field switching of exciton-magnon coupling in LiNiPO$_4$
Sun, Bei
Yang, Zhuo
Shibuya, Julian
Kindo, Koichi
Kimura, Kenta
Miyata, Atsuhiko
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Exciton-magnon transitions provide a fundamental optical fingerprint of coupled excitonic and magnetic excitations in antiferromagnets. However, controlling such coupled excitations by external fields remains a key challenge. Here we report the temperature and magnetic-field evolution of exciton-magnon coupling in the magnetoelectric antiferromagnet LiNiPO$_4$ using pulsed magnetic fields up to 50 T. The magnon sideband intensity exhibits sharp switching across field-induced magnetic phases, with strong suppression in plateau phases and enhancement in canted spin states. This behavior is attributed to the interplay between the thermal magnon population and the spin-dependent optical transition matrix element. These results demonstrate that magnetic-field control of spin degrees of freedom enables selective switching of exciton-magnon coupling in antiferromagnets.
title Magnetic-field switching of exciton-magnon coupling in LiNiPO$_4$
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.06785