Imaging switchable magnetoelectric quadrupole domains via nonreciprocal linear dichroism

Magnetoelectric multipoles are parity and time-reversal odd structures emerging in multiferroic and exotic ordered phases. Here, the discovery of nonreciprocal linear dichroism in Pb(TiO)Cu4(PO4)4 enables a fast visualization of magnetic quadrupole domains using simple linear polarization microscopy...

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Main Authors: Kenta Kimura, Tsukasa Katsuyoshi, Yuya Sawada, Shojiro Kimura, Tsuyoshi Kimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-07-01
Series:Communications Materials
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-020-0040-3