| Project/Area Number |
21740237
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Condensed matter physics II
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo (2010)
Tohoku University (2009) |
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Principal Investigator |
TANIGUCHI Kouji The University of Tokyo, 大学院・新領域創成科学研究科, 講師 (30400427)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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| Keywords | マルチフェロイクス / 光学的電気磁気効果 / イメージング / 磁気光学 |
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| Research Abstract |
Recently, the magneto-optical effect, such as magneto-chiral effect in the spin systems without space-inversion symmetry, has been attracting much attention. In this study, we have tried to observe the magnetoelectric domain, in which the space-inversion symmetry is broken by the spin arrangement. We have succeeded to visualize the magnetoelectric domain in (Cu,Ni) B2O4, which is the weak ferromagnet without space-inversion symmetry. We have also visualized the two-phase coexisting state, in which the domain with spin chirality and that with the collinear spin arrangement exist, through the difference of the optical absorption of each domain.
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