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We report ultrahigh magnetic field Faraday rotation results on the chiral helimagnet Cu_{2}OSeO_{3}, the first Mott insulator showing skyrmion lattice phases and a linear magnetoelectric effect. Between 180 and 300 T, we find signatures of a Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons, which can be described as a canted XY ferrimagnet. Because of the magnetoelectric coupling, the transverse magnetic order of the individual Cu^{2+} spins is accompanied by a characteristic domelike electric polarization which is crucial for the observation of the condensate via the Faraday rotation effect.
Authors
- T. Nomura
- Y. Kohama
- S. Seki
- Ioannis Rousochatzakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5517-8389)
- Yuji Matsuda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9947-9418)
- Masaki Gen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1362-7323)
- Oleg Janson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7328-5690)
- Yuto Ishii (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6849-8915)
- Xu-Guang Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9081-5243)
Institutions
- Shizuoka University (JP)
- Loughborough University (GB)
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (DE)
- Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics (HU)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/b6gt-w5xy
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Theoretical and Computational Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 26.95