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Phys Rev Lett. 2000 Jun 12;84(24):5620-3. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5620.

Determination of the magnetic symmetry of hexagonal manganites by second harmonic generation.

Physical review letters

Fiebig, Frohlich, Kohn, Leute, Lottermoser, Pavlov, Pisarev

Affiliations

  1. Institut fur Physik, Universitat Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany.

PMID: 10991009 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5620

Abstract

Optical second harmonic spectroscopy is introduced as a powerful supplement for the determination of complex magnetic structures. Experimental efforts are simplified and new degrees of freedom are opened. Thereby, some principal or technical restrictions of neutron or magnetic x-ray diffraction experiments are overcome. High spatial resolution leads to additional information about magnetically ordered matter. As an example, the noncollinear magnetic structure of the hexagonal manganites RMnO3 ( R = Sc, Y, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) is analyzed. The results show that some earlier conclusions on their magnetic symmetry and properties should be revised.

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