Yoshihiro Okamura

The Weyl semimetal (WSM), which hosts pairs of Weyl points and accompanying Berry curvature in momentum space near Fermi level, is expected to exhibit novel electromagnetic phenomena. Although the large optical/electronic responses such as nonlinear optical effects and intrinsic anomalous Hall effect (AHE) have recently been demonstrated indeed, the conclusive evidence for their topological origins has remained elusive. Here, we report the gigantic magneto-optical (MO) response arising from the

Dissipation-less electric control of magnetic state variable is an important target of contemporary spintronics. The non-volatile control of magnetic skyrmions, nanometre-sized spin-swirling objects, with electric fields may exemplify this goal. The skyrmion-hosting magnetoelectric chiral magnet Cu2OSeO3 provides a unique platform for the implementation of such control; however, the hysteresis that accompanies the first-order transition associated with the skyrmion phase is negligibly narrow in

Through broadband microwave spectroscopy in Faraday geometry, we observe distinct absorption spectra accompanying magnetoelectric (ME) resonance for oppositely propagating microwaves, i.e., directional dichroism, in the multiferroic chiral-lattice magnet Cu_{2}OSeO_{3}. The magnitude of the directional dichroism critically depends on the magnetic-field direction. Such behavior is well accounted for by considering the relative direction of the oscillating electric polarizations induced via the ME

We demonstrate emergence of both the chiral soliton lattice and skyrmion lattice and investigate their magnetic-field variation in the strained ${\mathrm{Cu}}_{2}{\mathrm{OSeO}}_{3}$ thin plate by means of small-angle resonant soft x-ray scattering. The tensile strain stabilizes a helical spin structure with the modulation vector along the strain direction. Consequently, when increasing the field perpendicular to the modulation vector, it undergoes large shrinkage and higher-order diffraction pe

SignificanceThe quantum-mechanical geometric phase of electrons provides various phenomena such as the dissipationless photocurrent generation through the shift current mechanism. So far, the photocurrent generations are limited to above or near the band-gap photon energy, which contradicts the increasing demand of the low-energy photonic functionality. We demonstrate the photocurrent through the optical phonon excitations in ferroelectric BaTiO₃ by using the terahertz light with phot

We have investigated electric-field induced magnetic phase transition between the skyrmion lattice and the helix in the multiferroic ${\mathrm{Cu}}_{2}{\mathrm{OSeO}}_{3}$ by means of small-angle soft x-ray scattering at the Cu ${L}_{3}$ absorption edge. By application of electric fields, the skyrmion lattice transforms into helices with distinct modulation vectors depending on the sign of the electric field. In particular, the helix realized under the positive electric field never appears unles

Abstract The symmetry breaking induced by the ferroelectric transition often triggers the emergence of topological electronic states such as Weyl fermions in polar metals/semimetals. Such strong coupling between the lattice deformation and electronic states is therefore essentially important for the control of versatile topological phases. Here, we study the terahertz lattice and charge dynamics in ferroelectric semiconductor Sn x Pb 1- x Te thin films hosting versatile topological phases by mea

We have investigated the directional dichroism of magnetic resonance spectra in the polar ferromagnet GaV_{4}S_{8}. While four types of structural domains are energetically degenerated under a zero field, the magnetic resonance for each domain is well separated by applying magnetic fields due to uniaxial magnetic anisotropy. Consequently, a directional dichroism as large as 20% is clearly observed without domain cancellation. The present observation therefore demonstrates that not only magnetoel

Weyl semimetals resulting from either inversion (<i>P</i>) or time-reversal (<i>T</i>) symmetry breaking have been revealed to show the record-breaking large optical response due to intense Berry curvature of Weyl-node pairs. Different classes of Weyl semimetals with both <i>P</i> and <i>T</i> symmetry breaking potentially exhibit optical magnetoelectric (ME) responses, which are essentially distinct from the previously observed optical responses in conventional Weyl semimetals, leading to the v

Abstract The kagome-lattice materials promise emergence of Dirac fermions thanks to the special lattice geometry, which potentially realizes intriguing quantum topological states through various many-body interactions. The low-energy electromagnetic phenomena arising from such the Dirac fermions are expected to show the remarkable enhancement and, in certain conditions, to approach the universal responses, which, however, have remained elusive experimentally. Here, we show the resonantly enhance