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Nonlinear Piezomagnetic Effects in $g$-wave Altermagnets

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2025-05-21 v2

Abstract

We theoretically study the generation of net magnetization induced by static strain in gg-wave altermagnets, which exhibit the symmetric spin-split band structure under collinear spin textures free from the relativistic spin-orbit coupling. By analyzing a tight-binding model in a two-dimensional tetragonal system, we show that the gg-wave altermagnets give rise to the nonlinear piezomagnetic effect, where a net magnetization is induced by the second-order strain. We compare the results for the gg-wave altermagnets with those for the dd-wave altermagnets, where the linear piezomagnetic effect occurs. As a result, we find that the induced magnetization is enhanced when the Fermi level lies on the band with the large spin splitting in both cases. We also show that the magnitudes of the induced magnetization are comparable to each other. Our results indicate that the nonlinear piezomagnetic effect is a good phenomenon to characterize the physical properties in gg-wave altermagnets.

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@article{arxiv.2412.19158,
  title  = {Nonlinear Piezomagnetic Effects in $g$-wave Altermagnets},
  author = {Yuuki Ogawa and Satoru Hayami},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.19158},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

6 pages, 5 figures

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