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Register a new userTerahertz Spin-Orbital Excitations in the paramagnetic state of multiferroic Sr$_2$FeSi$_2$O$_7$
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Rolando Vald\\'es Aguilar
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2016
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Physics
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We studied the novel multiferroic material Sr$_2$FeSi$_2$O$_7$, and found 3 absorption modes above the magnetic ordering transition temperature using time-domain terahertz spectroscopy. These absorption modes can be explained as the optical transitions between the spin-orbit coupling and crystal field split 3d$^6$ Fe$^{2+}$ ground state term in this material. Consideration of the compressed tetrahedral environment of the Fe$^{2+}$ site is crucial to understand the excitations. We point out, however, discrepancies between the single-site atomic picture and the experimental results.
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