Ferroelectricity by Bose–Einstein condensation in a quantum magnet

Magnons, quantized spin excitations in magnetic materials, may undergo Bose-Einstein condensation into a macroscopic correlated quantum state at low temperature. Here, the authors demonstrate how magnon condensation in quantum magnet TlCuCl3generates an electrical polarization.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: S. Kimura, K. Kakihata, Y. Sawada, K. Watanabe, M. Matsumoto, M. Hagiwara, H. Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12822