Title :
Ultrafast dynamics of multiferroic h-LuFeO3
Author :
Bowlan, J. ; Xu, X.S. ; Sinha, K. ; Trugman, S.A. ; Taylor, A.J. ; Prasankumar, R.P. ; Yarotski, D.A.
Author_Institution :
Center for Integrated Nanotechnol., Los Alamos Nat. Lab. Los Alamos, Los Alamos, NM, USA
Abstract :
Hexagonal LuFeO3 is a multiferroic showing ferroelectricity and antiferromagnetism at room temperature. Below TR=130 K, it becomes ferrimagnetic. Ultrafast optical pump-probe measurements reveal that the dynamics are correlated with the structural changes responsible for ferrimagnetism.
Keywords :
antiferromagnetic materials; ferrites; ferroelectric materials; ferroelectricity; high-speed optical techniques; lutetium compounds; multiferroics; optical pumping; LuFeO3; antiferromagnetism; ferrimagnetism; ferroelectricity; multiferroics; structural changes; temperature 293 K to 298 K; ultrafast dynamics; ultrafast optical pump-probe measurements; Optical films; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Phonons; Probes; Temperature measurement; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
