Field dispersion and strong coupling of nuclear-electron spin excitation in MnCO

Makiuchi, Takahiko*; Kikkawa, Takashi; Imai, Masaki  ; Chudo, Hiroyuki ; Saito, Eiji; 3 of others*

Hybridized nuclear and electron spin excitation in a MnCO crystal, a weakly anisotropic antiferromagnet, has been investigated. In this material, the hyperfine interaction is strong enough to form a nuclear spin wave. We measure the microwave absorption induced by magnetic resonance in a bulk MnCO and observe the dispersion representing strong frequency repulsion between electron and nuclear modes due to their hybridization, the signature of nuclear spin wave. Additionally, we observe that the nuclear spin resonance enters a nonlinear regime above a certain excitation power, attributed to the excitation of finite-wavenumber nuclear spin waves.