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Altermagnets, magnetic materials with zero magnetization and spin-split band structure, have gained tremendous attention recently for their rich physics and potential applications. Here, we report on a microscopic tight-binding model that…

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The propagation of magnons along a symmetry path may depend on the direction of propagation, similar to many other quasiparticles in nature. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as nonreciprocity. In addition to the fact that it is of…

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Period-averaged electromagnetic spin angular momentum is a well-established quantity for monochromatic fields, governing phenomena such as light-matter interactions with chiral particles and spin-orbit coupling effects. In contrast, the…

Optical vortex beams are a type of topological light characterized by their inherent orbital angular momentum, leading to the propagation of a spiral-shaped wavefront. In this study, we focus on two-dimensional electrons with Rashba and…

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In a typical experiment in magnonics, thin films are magnetized in-plane and spin waves only carry angular momentum along their spatial propagation direction. Motivated by the experiments of Bozhko et al. [Phys. Rev. Research 2, 023324…

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Photons possess spin degree of freedom, corresponding to clockwise and counter clockwise rotating direction of the fields. Photon spin plays an important role in various applications such as optical communications, information processing…

We determine theoretically the effect of spin-orbit coupling on the magnetic excitation spectrum of itinerant multi-orbital systems, with specific application to iron-based superconductors. Our microscopic model includes a realistic…

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Ultrafast non-thermal manipulation of magnetization by light relies on either indirect coupling of the electric field component of the light with spins via spin-orbit interaction or direct coupling between the magnetic field component and…

Evanescent and tightly confined propagating waves exhibit a remarkable transverse spin density since the longitudinal component of the electric field is not negligible. In this work, we obtain via numerical simulations the electric field…

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We study the spin-dependent magneto conductance in mesoscopic rings subject to an inhomogeneous in-plane magnetic field. We show that the polarization direction of transmitted spin-polarized electrons can be controlled via an additional…

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We investigate the spin-dependent dynamical response of a quantum ring with a spin-orbit interaction upon the application of linearly polarized, picosecond, asymmetric electromagnetic pulses. The oscillations of the generated dipole moment…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Zhen-Gang Zhu , Jamal Berakdar

Antiferromagnetic materials feature intrinsic ultrafast spin dynamics, making them ideal candidates for future magnonic devices operating at THz frequencies. A major focus of current research is the investigation of optical methods for the…

Magneto-optic behaviour is a specific, non-reciprocal example of gyrotropic behaviour. When coupled to photo-induced Faraday rotation it is possible to discriminate this effect from the background of other nonlinear effects Non-reciprocal…

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We experimentally demonstrate that the spin-orbit interaction can be utilized for direct electric-field tuning of the propagation of spin waves in a single-crystal yttrium iron garnet magnonic waveguide. Magnetoelectric coupling not due to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-10-08 Xufeng Zhang , Tianyu Liu , Michael E. Flatté , Hong X. Tang

We predict theoretically and demonstrate experimentally an ellipticity-dependent nonlinear magneto-optic rotation of elliptically-polarized light propagating in a coherent atomic medium. We show that this effect results from a hexadecapole…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. B. Matsko , I. Novikova , M. S. Zubairy , G. R. Welch

While the understanding of altermagnetism is still at a very early stage, it is expected to play a role in various fields of condensed matter research, for example spintronics, caloritronics and superconductivity. In the field of optical…

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Optical isolation enables nonreciprocal manipulations of light with broad applications in optical communications. Optical isolation by rotating structures has drawn considerable attention due to its magnetic-free nature and unprecedented…

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Partially gold coated 90 degree glass wedges and a semi - infinite slit in a thin film of gold ending in a conducting nano-junction serve as samples to investigate the transfer of photon spin to electron orbital angular momentum. These…

Spin-orbit coupling stands as a pivotal determinant in the realm of condensed matter physics. In recent, its profound influence on spin dynamics opens up a captivating arena with promising applications. Notably, the topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-06 Taekoo Oh , Naoto Nagaosa

We analytically and numerically study the nonreciprocal surface waves guided by a magnetized metasurface tube. When applying the magnetic bias perpendicularly to the cylinder axis, the conductivity profile cross-section is nonuniform, which…

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