A new microscopic mechanism of the magneto-electric (ME) effect based on the spin supercurrent is theoretically presented for non-collinear magnets. The close analogy between the superconductors (charge current) and magnets (spin current) is drawn to derive the distribution of the spin supercurrent and the resultant electric polarization. Application to the spiral spin structure is discussed.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0412319,
title = {Spin current and magneto-electric effect in non-collinear magnets},
author = {Hosho Katsura and Naoto Nagaosa and Alexander V. Balatsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0412319},
year = {2007}
}