April 22 - 26, 2024
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2024 MRS Spring Meeting
QT01.04.05

Extreme Nonlinear Opto-Magnonic Effects in a Layered Magnetic Semiconductor

When and Where

Apr 24, 2024
10:30am - 10:45am
Room 420, Level 4, Summit

Presenter(s)

Co-Author(s)

Geoff Diederich1,John Cenker1,Jordan Fonseca1,Sinabu Pumelo1,Youn Jue Bae2,Daniel Chica3,Xiaoyang Zhu3,Xavier Roy3,Di Xiao1,Yafei Ren4,Xiaodong Xu1

University of Washington1,Cornell University2,Columbia University3,University of Delaware4

Abstract

Geoff Diederich1,John Cenker1,Jordan Fonseca1,Sinabu Pumelo1,Youn Jue Bae2,Daniel Chica3,Xiaoyang Zhu3,Xavier Roy3,Di Xiao1,Yafei Ren4,Xiaodong Xu1

University of Washington1,Cornell University2,Columbia University3,University of Delaware4
The nonlinear dynamics of collective excitations offer both intriguing fundamental phenomena and significant practical applications. A prime illustration is the field of nonlinear optics, where diverse frequency mixing processes are central to advancing photonic technology. Demonstration of these frequency mixing processes in magnons holds considerable potential for practical applications in magnonics, an emerging frontier of spintronics and an important platform for developing quantum transducers and wave-based computing beyond traditional paradigms. In this talk, I will demonstrate the optical generation and detection of abundant magnonic frequency mixing processes in the antiferromagnetic semiconductor CrSBr by employing above-gap pump pulses to launch coherent magnons and optically measuring them via strong magnon-exciton coupling. The data shows a series of magnon sidebands arising from high-harmonic generation and, when breaking the system symmetry, the mixing of discrete magnon modes to produce sum and difference frequency generation (SFG & DFG). Further, we demonstrate control over the DFG in CrSBr by rotating an external magnetic field to tune its frequency over a broad range. This tuning allows us to push the DFG mode into resonance with one of the fundamental magnon modes, where we can controllably induce parametric amplification. These findings herald the opening of a new domain in nonlinear opto-magnonic coupling, offering innovative functionalities for hybrid quantum magnonics.

Keywords

2D materials | nonlinear effects | quantum materials

Symposium Organizers

Ajay Ram Srimath Kandada, Wake Forest University
Nicolò Maccaferri, Umeå University
Chiara Trovatello, Columbia University
Ursula Wurstbauer, Technical University of Munich

Symposium Support

Bronze
LIGHT CONVERSION

Session Chairs

Alberto De la Torre
Ursula Wurstbauer

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