{
  "id": "cond-mat/0503066",
  "version": "v3",
  "published": "2005-03-03T12:28:24.000Z",
  "updated": "2005-07-25T10:41:22.000Z",
  "title": "Gigantic Enhancement of Magneto-Chiral Effect in Photonic Crystals",
  "authors": [
    "Kei Sawada",
    "Naoto Nagaosa"
  ],
  "comment": "3 pages, 3 figures",
  "journal": "Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 042503 (2005)",
  "doi": "10.1063/1.2001735",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We theoretically propose a method to enhance dramatically a magneto-chiral(MC) effect by using the photonic crystals composed of a multiferroic material. The MC effect, the directional birefringence even for unpolarized light, is so small that it has been difficult to observe experimentally. Two kinds of periodic structures are investigated; (a) a multilayer and (b) a stripe composed of a magneto-chiral material and air. In both cases, the difference in reflectivity between different magnetization directions is enhanced by a factor of hundreds compared with a bulk material.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v3",
      "updated": "2005-07-25T10:41:22.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "photonic crystals",
      "magneto-chiral effect",
      "gigantic enhancement",
      "magneto-chiral material",
      "periodic structures"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 3,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}