Optical spectroscopy of single- and two-ion transitions in an antiferromagnetic stoichiometric rare-earth crystal
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07747v1
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 01:14:38 GMT
- Title: Optical spectroscopy of single- and two-ion transitions in an antiferromagnetic stoichiometric rare-earth crystal
- Authors: Masaya Hiraishi, Gabrielle A. Hunter-Smith, Gavin G. G. King, Alexandra A. Turrini, J. -R. Soh, Henrik M. Rønnow, Luke S. Trainor, Jevon J. Longdell,
- Abstract summary: We characterise optical transitions of neodymium ions (Nd3+) in antiferromagnetic neodymium gallate (NdGaO3) with applied fields up to 3 T.<n>The measured optical spectra indicate three magnetic phases -- antiferromagnetic, intermediate, and paramagnetic.
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- Abstract: We characterise optical transitions of neodymium ions (Nd3+) in antiferromagnetic neodymium gallate (NdGaO3) with applied fields up to 3 T. The magnetic phase of this material has not previously been studied with the field along its magnetisation axis. The measured optical spectra indicate three magnetic phases -- antiferromagnetic, intermediate, and paramagnetic -- where the intermediate phase likely forms a different magnetic structure from typical spin-flop phases. The observed absorptions were classified into two distinct families of optical transitions: single-Nd and two-Nd absorptions. We demonstrate that the optical transitions in the antiferromagnetic and paramagnetic phases can be modelled using a standard single-ion crystal-field Hamiltonian that interacts with a mean magnetisation from the rest of the lattice, and we expand that model to encompass pairs of ions, explaining the origins of the two-Nd transitions. This study offers a deeper understanding of the optical transitions in rare-earth antiferromagnetic crystals, which have been recently attracting significant interest for microwave-to-optical quantum transduction, despite being relatively unexplored to date.
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