Observation of nonreciprocal magnetoelectric x-ray scattering in magnetite

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Matsubara, M [1 ]
Shimada, Y
Arima, T
Taguchi, Y
Tokura, Y
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[1] Univ Tokyo, Dept Appl Phys, Tokyo 1138656, Japan
[2] Tohoku Univ, Inst Multidisciplinary Res Adv Mat, Sendai, Miyagi 9808577, Japan
[3] ERATO, Spin Superstruct Project, Japan Sci & Technol Corp, AIST Tsukuba Cent 4, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058562, Japan
[4] Tohoku Univ, Mat Res Inst, Sendai, Miyagi 9808577, Japan
[5] CERC, Natl Inst AIST, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058562, Japan
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10.1103/PhysRevB.72.220404
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We report the observation of nonreciprocal magnetoelectric x-ray scattering (MEXS) in globally centrosymmetric crystal of magnetite (Fe3O4). At the (222) Bragg reflection, resonant MEXS was observed around the pre-edge region of Fe K absorption. This unique scattering, being distinct from conventional magnetic or charge scattering, originates from an interference between electric dipole and electric quadrupole E1-E2 transition matrix elements at the spinel A site with locally broken inversion symmetry (T-d). The present results imply the possible application of MEXS to a broad class of materials with locally lacking inversion symmetry.
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