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Berry curvature in magnon-phonon hybrid systems

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-11-29 v1

Abstract

We theoretically study the Berry curvature of the magnon induced by the hybridization with the acoustic phonons via the spin-orbit and dipolar interactions. We first discuss the magnon-phonon hybridization via the dipolar interaction, and show that the dispersions have gapless points in momentum space, some of which form a loop. Next, when both spin-orbit and dipolar interactions are considered, we show anisotropic texture of the Berry curvature and its divergence with and without gap-closing. Realistic evaluation of the consequent anomalous velocity is given for yttrium iron garnet.

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@article{arxiv.1611.08993,
  title  = {Berry curvature in magnon-phonon hybrid systems},
  author = {Ryuji Takahashi and Naoto Nagaosa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.08993},
  year   = {2016}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures