Broken inversion symmetry of magnetic lattice is normally described by Lifshitz invariants in micromagnetic energy functional. Three exceptions are the lattices with Td, C3h and D3h point group symmetries. The inversion symmetry breaking of the corresponding magnets is described by more complex 4-spin chiral invariants that cannot be related to Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Experimental detection of 4-spin chiral interactions is an important task that has yet to be performed. We propose that the 4-spin chiral interaction can be probed by energy selective magnon relaxation in two-dimensional ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 that possess D3h point group symmetry.
@article{arxiv.2412.02284,
title = {Optical detection of 4-spin chiral interaction in a 2D honeycomb ferrimagnet},
author = {Bektur Murzaliev and Mikhail Katsnelson and Mikhail Titov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.02284},
year = {2025}
}