Abstract

A nearly single cycle intense terahertz (THz) pulse with peak electric and magnetic fields of 0.5 MV/cm and 0.16T, respectively, excites both modes of spin resonances in the weak antiferromagnet FeBO_{3}. The high frequency quasiantiferromagnetic mode is excited resonantly and its amplitude scales linearly with the strength of the THz magnetic field, whereas the low frequency quasiferromagnetic mode is excited via a nonlinear mechanism that scales quadratically with the strength of the THz electric field and can be regarded as a THz inverse Cotton-Mouton effect.THz optomagnetism is shown to be more energy efficient than similar effects reported previously for the near-infrared spectral range.

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