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Low-frequency behavior of optical spatial dispersion effects

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A theoretical explanation is given for the frequency independence of the nonreciprocal birefringence of light, which was recently observed in the semiconductors Cd1−x MnxTe, Zn1−x MnxTe, and GaAs in the frequency range below the frequency corresponding to the interband absorption edge. It is shown that the symmetry of the effect becomes higher at such frequencies if the light-induced excitation energy ℏωn(k) only slightly depends on the photon momentum k. In this case, the nonreciprocal birefringence is completely determined by the second-rank magnetoelectric tensor. It is shown that the nonreciprocal birefringence of light can be observed in magnetic media with a tensor order parameter.

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Translated from Fizika Tverdogo Tela, Vol. 43, No. 4, 2001, pp. 656–658.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2001 by Gridnev.

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Gridnev, V.N. Low-frequency behavior of optical spatial dispersion effects. Phys. Solid State 43, 682–684 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1365993

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