Far-Infrared Absorption by Two-Magnon Excitations in Antiferromagnets
- 1 March 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 38 (3), 1500-1504
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1709683
Abstract
Far‐infrared spectroscopy has been used extensively for the study of antiferromagnetic resonance, that is, single‐magnon excitations at the Brillouin zone center. The recent discovery of two‐magnon excitations in antiferromagnets by Halley and Silvera now permits precise measurements of magnon energies at selected points on the Brillouin‐zone boundary. The discovery and theoretical interpretation of the two‐magnon effect is described in this review paper. Experimental results for the antiferromagnets MnF2, FeF2, and CoF2 and for the canted‐spin weak ferromagnets NiF2 and MnCO3 are also presented. The experimental data are discussed in relation to the current theoretical understanding of the two‐magnon effect.Keywords
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