Magnons are the elementary excitations of the magnetic order that carry spin, momentum, and energy. Here we compare the magnon with the ferron, i.e. the elementary excitation of the electric dipolar order that transports polarization and heat in ferroelectrics.
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@article{arxiv.2106.12775,
title = {Magnonics vs. Ferronics},
author = {Gerrit E. W. Bauer and Ping Tang and Ryo Iguchi and Kenichi Uchida},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.12775},
year = {2021}
}
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Submitted for publication in the Virtual Special Issue (VSI) on Magnonics of the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, in honor of Prof. Servio Rezende's 80th birthday