One-Way Transparency of Light in Multiferroic$ {\mathrm{CuB}}_{2}{\mathrm{O}}_{4}$

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We experimentally demonstrate one-way transparency of light in multiferroic CuB(2)O(4). The material is rendered transparent for light propagating in one direction, while opaque for light propagating in the opposite direction. The novel transparency results from a destructive interference of the electric dipole and magnetic dipole transitions. The realization of the effect has been accomplished by the application of a high magnetic field and the proper selection of the propagation direction of light in agreement with our quantum mechanical formulation of nonreciprocal directional dichroism.

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Microwave magnetoelectric effect via skyrmion resonance modes in a helimagnetic multiferroic.

Y Okamura, Y. Tokura, Y Onose … (2013)

Magnetic skyrmion, a topologically stable spin-swirling object, can host emergent electromagnetism, as exemplified by the topological Hall effect and electric-current-driven skyrmion motion. To achieve efficient manipulation of nano-sized functional spin textures, it is imperative to exploit the resonant motion of skyrmions, analogously to the role of the ferromagnetic resonance in spintronics. The magnetic resonance of skyrmions has recently been detected with oscillating magnetic fields at 1-2 GHz, launching a search for new skyrmion functionality operating at microwave frequencies. Here we show a microwave magnetoelectric effect in resonant skyrmion dynamics. Through microwave transmittance spectroscopy on the skyrmion-hosting multiferroic crystal Cu₂OSeO₃ combined with theoretical simulations, we reveal nonreciprocal directional dichroism (NDD) at the resonant mode, that is, oppositely propagating microwaves exhibit different absorption. The microscopic mechanism of the present NDD is not associated with the conventional Faraday effect but with the skyrmion magnetoelectric resonance instead, suggesting a conceptually new microwave functionality.