ERC Advanced Grant · 2023
Spectroscopy for Strain-Modulated Terahertz Magnonics
Motivated by the recent discovery of a giant strain-induced blue-shift of Terahertz antiferromagnetic spin waves (magnons) in the spin-orbit Mott insulators Sr2IrO4 and Ca2RuO4 by the PI and his group, the SpecTera project will explore whether strain modulation can be harnessed to confine and guide THz magnons. To probe magnetic order and magnon excitations in inhomogeneous strain environments with high energy and momentum resolution, we will develop a combination of Raman, Brillouin, and resonant x-ray scattering instruments, including a new “momentum microscopy” facility that will generate momentum-space images of magnetic order and excitations with micro-focused x-ray beams. To establish…
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