By using polarized inelastic neutron scattering measurements, we show that the spin-lattice quantum entanglement in mutliferroics results in hybrid elementary excitations, involving spin and lattice degrees of freedom. These excitations can be considered as multiferroic Godstone modes. We argue that the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction could be at the origin of this hybridization.
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@article{arxiv.0811.2540,
title = {Hybrid Goldstone modes in multiferroics},
author = {S. Pailhes and X. Fabreges and L. P. Regnault and L. Pinsard-Godart and I. Mirebeau and F. Moussa and M. Hennion and S. Petit},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.2540},
year = {2008}
}