title: Direct Evidence of Flexomagnetoelectric Effect Revealed by Single-Molecule Spectroscopy.
abstract: We report direct evidence of the electric field induced by a magnetization inhomogeneity in an iron garnet film. This inhomogeneity was created by the nonuniform magnetic fields generated at domain boundaries of a type-I superconductor in the intermediate state. At liquid helium temperatures, Stark shifts of sharp single-molecule zero-phonon lines were used to probe the local electric fields generated by this flexomagnetoelectric effect. The measured electric fields are in accordance with theoretical estimations.
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux, LP2N, F-33405 Talence, France.|Institut d'Optique and CNRS, LP2N, F-33405 Talence, France.
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Veshchunov
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux, LOMA, F-33405 Talence, France.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Mironov
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux, LP2N, F-33405 Talence, France.|Institut d'Optique and CNRS, LP2N, F-33405 Talence, France.|University Bordeaux, LOMA, F-33405 Talence, France.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Magrini
authors.affiliation: Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Stolyarov
authors.affiliation: Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Russia.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Rossolenko
authors.affiliation: Institute for Design Problems in Microelectronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 124681 Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Skidanov
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux, LP2N, F-33405 Talence, France.|Institut d'Optique and CNRS, LP2N, F-33405 Talence, France.
authors.forename: J-B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Trebbia
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux, LOMA, F-33405 Talence, France.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Buzdin
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux, LP2N, F-33405 Talence, France.|Institut d'Optique and CNRS, LP2N, F-33405 Talence, France.
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tamarat
authors.affiliation: University Bordeaux, LP2N, F-33405 Talence, France.|Institut d'Optique and CNRS, LP2N, F-33405 Talence, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lounis