Phys. Rev. B 58, 14462–14466 (1998)Unexpected behavior of the antiferromagnetic mode of NiOReceived 19 December 1997; published in the issue dated 1 December 1998 Although NiO is often considered the classic example of an antiferromagnetic insulator, recent investigations have revealed unexplained features of the magnon spectrum. The present study of the temperature and polarization behavior of first-order magnetic Raman scattering reveals that the polarization selection rules are not described by the generally accepted antisymmetric scattering tensor. The inclusion of quadratic magneto-optic coupling terms can explain the symmetry of the scattering tensor, but does not lead to results consistent with the accepted [112] spin alignment direction. © 1998 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.58.14462
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.58.14462
PACS:
76.50.+q, 75.50.Ee, 78.30.Hv
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