Abstract
The microscopic mechanism responsible for the electric dipole two-magnon absorption in rutile antiferromagnets remains in some dispute. Three mechanisms have been suggested which appear to make contributions of comparable orders-of-magnitude for some materials. As a contribution to the resolution of this problem we have studied the case of two next-nearest-neighbor Co 2+ ions in a nonmagnetic rutile lattice. The results suggest some further experimental studies of the polarization properties of the observed pair absorption spectrum.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1647-1648 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Physics |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1971 |