Phonons, Magnons, and Excitons in the Noncentrosymmetric Magnetoelectric Antiferromagnet CuB.sub.2O.sub.4

In the last two decades copper metaborate CuB.sub.2O.sub.4 with a unique noncentrosymmetric crystal structure has become the subject of active research due to its unusual magnetic and optical properties. We consider the propagation and absorption of light in CuB.sub.2O.sub.4 based on the solution of...

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Published inJournal of experimental and theoretical physics Vol. 137; no. 4; pp. 582 - 602
Main Authors Pisarev, R. V, Dubrovin, R. M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Springer 01.10.2023
Subjects
Borates
Crystals
Magnetic fields
Optical properties
Raman spectroscopy
Structure
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Summary:In the last two decades copper metaborate CuB.sub.2O.sub.4 with a unique noncentrosymmetric crystal structure has become the subject of active research due to its unusual magnetic and optical properties. We consider the propagation and absorption of light in CuB.sub.2O.sub.4 based on the solution of Maxwell's equations. We present an overview of the main results on the investigation of the phonon spectrum using infrared and Raman spectroscopy. Studies in the region of electronic transitions in Cu.sup.2+ ions in the crystal field have allowed the separation of contributions to the optical absorption from copper ions in inequivalent positions. A splitting of zero-phonon absorption lines in a magnetic field has been detected, and these results have received a theoretical explanation in terms of the exciton model. A rich structure of exciton-magnon states has been observed in the photoluminescence spectra. We have carried out a spectroscopic study of the optical second harmonic generation in the region of excitonic transitions, which has allowed the contribution of the toroidal moment and the Fano resonance to the observed signals to be revealed.
ISSN:1063-7761
DOI:10.1134/S1063776123100072