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In this paper, we report results of high field ESR measurements of the triangular lattice antiferromagnet CuFeO2. From polarization measurements for the ESR signals, we show an appearance of the electromagnon excitation in the field-induced 1/5 plateau phase of this compound.
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S.K. would like to thank Y. Oshima of RIKEN and H. Nojiri of Tohoku University for valuable supports for the ESR measurements. This work was partly supported by Grant-in-Aid No. 244340073 from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan.
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Kimura, S., Watanabe, K., Fujita, T. et al. Electromagnon Excitation of the Triangular Lattice Antiferromagnet CuFeO2 in High Magnetic Fields. J Low Temp Phys 170, 274–278 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-012-0668-6
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