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Optical activity in media with noncoplanar magnetization distribution

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Natural optical activity in magnetic media for which the exchange interaction dominates is studied theoretically. It is shown using a phenomenological theory that the optical activity effect can be observed in a medium with a nonuniform noncoplanar magnetization distribution without an inversion center. A microscopic theory of the optical activity is constructed for a medium with a helicoidal magnetic structure.

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    E. A. Karashtin, O. G. Udalov & A. A. Fraerman

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Karashtin, O.G. Udalov, A.A. Fraerman, 2009, published in Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2009, Vol. 136, No. 6, pp. 1127–1133.

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Karashtin, E.A., Udalov, O.G. & Fraerman, A.A. Optical activity in media with noncoplanar magnetization distribution. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 109, 973–978 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776109120085

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