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Optical excitation of electromagnons in hexaferrite
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Optical excitation of electromagnons in hexaferrite
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Understanding ultrafast magnetization dynamics on the microscopic level is of strong current interest due to the potential for applications in information storage. In recent years, the spin-lattice coupling has been recognized to be essential for ultrafast magnetization dynamics. Magnetoelectric multiferroics of type II possess intrinsic correlations among magnetic sublattices and electric polarization (P) through spin-lattice coupling, enabling fundamentally coupled dynamics between spins and lattice. Here we report on ultrafast magnetization dynamics in a room-temperature multiferroic hexaferrite possessing ferrimagnetic and antiferromagnetic sublattices, revealed by time-resolved resonant x-ray diffraction. A femtosecond above-bandgap excitation triggers a coherent magnon in which the two magnetic sublattices entangle and give rise to a transient modulation of P. A novel microscopic mechanism for triggering the coherent magnon in this ferrimagnetic insulator based on the spin-lattice coupling is proposed. Our finding opens up a novel but general pathway for ultrafast control of magnetism.
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