Optical response of ferromagnetic materials induced by a spin gauge field at the second order

Abstract

Optical responses of ferromagnetic materials with spin gauge field that drives intrinsic spin curren is theoretically studied. The conductivity tensor is calculated based on a linear response theory to the applied electric field taking account of the non-linear effects of the spin gauge field to the second order. We consider the case where the spin gauge field is uniform, realized for spiral magnetization structure or uniform spin-orbit interaction. The spin gauge field, or an intrinsic spin current, turns out to give rise to anisotropic optical responses, which is expected to be useful to experimental detection of magnetization structures.