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Spin-orbit coupling is a single-particle phenomenon known to generate topological order, and electron-electron interactions cause ordered many-body phases to exist. The rich interplay of these two mechanisms is present in a broad range of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-20 Weizhe Edward Liu , Stefano Chesi , David Webb , U. Zuelicke , R. Winkler , Robert Joynt , Dimitrie Culcer

We explore the relationship among the magnetic ordering in real space, the resulting spin texture on the Fermi surface, and the related superconducting gap structure in non-collinear antiferromagnetic metals without spin-orbit coupling. Via…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-09-01 Seung Hun Lee , Bohm-Jung Yang

Topological orbital moments can arise in non-coplanar spin structures even in the absence of spin-orbit coupling and a net topological orbital magnetization occurs for the triple-Q state and for isolated skyrmions. For atomic-scale skyrmion…

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…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-11-01 Marc Vila , Veronika Sunko , Joel E. Moore

We describe the features of magnonic crystals based upon antiferromagnetic elements. Our main results are that with a periodic modulation of either magnetic fields or system characteristics, such as the anisotropy, it is possible to tailor…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-20 Roberto E. Troncoso , Camilo Ulloa , Felipe Pesce , A. S. Nunez

Altermagnetism features momentum-dependent spin splitting without net magnetization, extending spintronics beyond conventional ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. However, the photonic realization of altermagnetism has remained a…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-28 Sichang Qiu , Huichang Li , Yan Meng , Xiang Xi , Zebin Zhu , Ce Shang , Zhen Gao , Tie Jun Cui , Shuo Liu

Recent studies identified spin-order-driven phenomena such as spin-charge interconversion without relying on the relativistic spin-orbit interaction. Those physical properties can be prominent in systems containing light magnetic atoms due…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-01 Hikaru Watanabe , Kohei Shinohara , Takuya Nomoto , Atsushi Togo , Ryotaro Arita

The occurrence of a noncollinear magnetic structure at a Mn monolayer grown epitaxially on Fe(100) is predicted theoretically, using spinor density-functional theory, and observed experimentally, using x-ray magnetic circular dichroism…

We propose, for the first time, that an array of diamond plaquettes, each possessing vanishing net magnetization, can achieve complete spin polarization over a broad bias window. Furthermore, this system can be utilized to realize…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-28 Debjani Das Gupta , Santanu K. Maiti

Hexagonal MnTe emerges as a critical component in designing magnetic quantum heterostructures, calling for a detailed study. After finding a suitable combination of exchange-correlation functional and corrections, our study within {\em ab…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-01-30 Suman Rooj , Jayita Chakraborty , Nirmal Ganguli

We theoretically propose a realization of a nonlinear nonreciprocal transport in antiferromagnets without relying on the relativistic spin-orbit coupling. Through the symmetry and microscopic model analyses, we show that a local spin scalar…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-09-23 Satoru Hayami , Megumi Yatsushiro

Spin-splitting antiferromagnets with spin-polarized band structures in momentum space have garnered intensive research attention due to their zero net magnetic moments, ultras fast spin dynamics as conventional antiferromagnets, and…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-07 Jianting Dong , Kun Wu , Meng Zhu , Fanxing Zheng , Xinlu Li , Jia Zhang

The Stoner instability remains a cornerstone for understanding metallic ferromagnets. This instability captures the interplay of Coulomb repulsion, Pauli exclusion, and two-fold fermionic spin degeneracy. In materials with spin-orbit…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-11-13 Yue Yu , Tatsuya Shishidou , Shuntaro Sumita , Michael Weinert , Daniel F. Agterberg

Altermagnetism is a compensated magnetic phase characterized by zero net magnetization and exchange-driven spin splitting. However, identifying altermagnets among collinear antiferromagnets usually requires full magnetic-space-group or…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-27 Ying Chen , Qiushi Huang , Yu Wu , Xiaolan Yan , Su-Huai Wei

The study of the magnetic order has recently been invigorated by the discovery of exotic collinear antiferromagnets with time-reversal symmetry breaking. Examples include altermagnetism and compensated ferrimagnets, which show spin…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-22 Taiki Kawamura , Kazuyoshi Yoshimi , Kenichiro Hashimoto , Akito Kobayashi , Takahiro Misawa

Antiferromagnets offer an attractive platform for spintronics due to their absence of net magnetization and ultrafast spin dynamics, yet their intrinsically spin-compensated electronic structure has traditionally limited their active role…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-23 Joel Bobadilla , Alberto Camjayi

The search for novel magnetic quantum phases, phenomena and functional materials has been guided by relativistic magnetic-symmetry groups in coupled spin and real space from the dawn of the field in 1950s to the modern era of topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-27 Libor Šmejkal , Jairo Sinova , Tomas Jungwirth

We reconsider a key point in semiconductor physics, the splitting of the valence band states induced by the spin-orbit interaction, through a novel approach which uses neither the group theory formalism, nor the usual…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 Monique Combescot , Shiue-Yuan Shiau , Valia Voliotis

In the absence of spin-orbit coupling, collinear magnets are classified as even-wave magnets, i.e., either ferro-, antiferro-, or altermagnets. It is based on the belief that collinear magnets always feature an inversion-symmetric band…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-21 Valentin Leeb , Johannes Knolle

Stabilization of unusual spin-orbit driven magnetic orderings are achieved for chains of Mn atoms deposited on a W(110) substrate. First-principles electronic structure calculations show that the ground state spin configuration is…