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We study theoretically the non-equilibrium exciton transport in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides. We consider the situation where excitons interact with non-equilibrium phonons, e.g., under the conditions of localized excitation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-05 M. M. Glazov

We develop a simple theory for the longitudinal spin Seebeck effect in n-doped InSb in an external magnetic field. We consider spin-$1/2$ electrons in the conduction band of InSb with a temperature gradient parallel to the applied magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 N. A. Pike , D. Stroud

We theoretically explore the generation of spin current driven by a temperature gradient in a junction between a chiral insulator and a normal metal. Based on the gyromagnetic response induced by microscopic acoustic-phonon-mediated lattice…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-20 Naoki Nishimura , Takumi Funato , Mamoru Matsuo , Takeo Kato

We propose that phonons coupled to electrons play an important role in both the fundamental phenomenology of electron spin resonance as well as the interpretation of such measurements. By including spin-dependent electron-phonon…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-10 Sebastian Kalhöfer

We utilize the coset construction to derive the effective field theory of magnon-phonon interactions in (anti)-ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic insulating materials. The action is used to calculate the equations of motion which generalize…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-11 Shashin Pavaskar , Riccardo Penco , Ira Z. Rothstein

We present a general coupled electron-phonon Boltzmann transport equations (BTEs) scheme designed to capture the mutual drag of the two interacting systems. By combining density functional theory based first principles calculations of…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-02-19 Nakib H. Protik , David A. Broido

Using a combination of first-principles and magnetization-dynamics calculations, we study the effect of the intense optical excitation of phonons on the magnetic behavior in insulating magnetic materials. Taking the prototypical…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-06-13 M. Fechner , A. Sukhov , L. Chotorlishvili , C. Kenel , J. Berakdar , N. A. Spaldin

We propose inducing Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons in a magnetic insulator by a heat flow oriented toward its boundary. At a critical heat flux, the oversaturated thermal gas of magnons accumulated at the boundary precipitates the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , Scott A. Bender , Rembert A. Duine , Benedetta Flebus

We formulate a linear response theory of the spin Seebeck effect, i.e., a spin voltage generation from heat current flowing in a ferromagnet. Our approach focuses on the collective magnetic excitation of spins, i.e., magnons. We show that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Hiroto Adachi , Jun-ichiro Ohe , Saburo Takahashi , Sadamichi Maekawa

The spin Seebeck effect is a spin-motive force generated by a temperature gradient in a ferromagnet that can be detected via normal metal contacts through the inverse spin Hall effect [K. Uchida {\it et al.}, Nature {\bf 455}, 778-781…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-09-07 Jiang Xiao , Gerrit E. W. Bauer , Ken-ichi Uchida , Eiji Saitoh , Sadamichi Maekawa

Following the theoretical approach by Xiao et al [Phys. Rev. B 81, 214418 (2010)] to the spin Seebeck effect, we calculate the mean value of the total spin current flowing through a normalmetal/ ferromagnet interface. The spin current…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 L. Chotorlishvili , Z. Toklikishvili , V. K. Dugaev , J. Barnas , S. Trimper , J. Berakdar

Heavy metal (HM)/magnet bilayers host many magnetoresistances (MR) and spin caloritronic effects. Here we show that the spin Peltier effect and electron-phonon scattering produce much larger unidirectional MR of an HM on a magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-01 Sean E. Sullivan , Hwijong Lee , Annie Weathers , Li Shi

We study a theoretical model for the magnetothermal conductivity of a spin-1/2 ladder with low exchange coupling ($J\ll\Theta_D$) subject to a strong magnetic field $B$. Our theory for the thermal transport accounts for the contribution of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-05 Ofer Shlagman , Efrat Shimshoni

Recently, Seebeck coefficients of ferromagnetic conductors are found to be spin-dependent. However straightforward method of accurately determining its spin polarization is still to be developed. Here, we have derived a linear dependence of…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-29 C. Fang , C. H. Wan , Z. H. Yuan , H. Wu , Q. T. Zhang , L. B. Mo , X. Zhang , X. F. Han

Subpicosecond laser excitation of ferromagnetic metals induces strongly nonequilibrium dynamics involving scattering and transport of electrons, phonons, and magnons. Widely used theoretical approaches, such as the three-temperature model…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-21 Luca Mikadze , Peter M. Oppeneer , Markus Weißenhofer

We show that the propagation of spin polarized carriers may be dramatically affected by {\em inhomogeneous} electric fields. Surprisingly, the spin diffusion length is found to strongly depend on the sign and magnitude of electric field…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 Dan Csontos , Sergio E. Ulloa

In a number of current experiments in the field of spin-caloritronics a temperature gradient across a nanostructured interface is applied and spin-dependent transport phenomena are observed. However, a lack in the interpretation and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-23 Jia Zhang , Michael Bachman , Michael Czerner , Christian Heiliger

We calculate the effects of the spin-lattice coupling on the magnon spectrum of thin ferromagnetic films consisting of the magnetic insulator yttrium-iron garnet. The magnon-phonon hybridisation generates a characteristic minimum in the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-05-22 Andreas Rückriegel , Peter Kopietz , Dmytro A. Bozhko , Oleksandr A. Serga , Burkard Hillebrands

We study electrical and thermal conductivities of degenerate electrons emitting and absorbing phonons in a strongly magnetized crystalline neutron star crust. We take into account modification of the phonon spectrum of a Coulomb solid of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-23 D. A. Baiko

We have investigated hybridized magnon-phonon excitation (magnon polarons) in spin Seebeck effects (SSEs) in Bi$_x$Y$_{3-x}$Fe$_{5}$O$_{12}$ (Bi$_x$Y$_{3-x}$IG; $x=0$, $0.5$, and $0.9$) films with Pt contact. We observed sharp peak…