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In the real space formalism of orbital magnetization (OM) for a Chern insulator without an external electric field, it is correct to average the local OM either over the bulk region or over the whole sample. However for a layered Chern…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-17 Si-Si Wang , Yi-Ming Dai , Hui-Hui Wang , Hao-Can Chen , Biao Zhang , Yan-Yang Zhang

In this review article, we survey the relatively new theory of orbital magnetization in solids-often referred to as the "modern theory of orbital magnetization"-and its applications. Surprisingly, while the calculation of the orbital…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-03-19 T. Thonhauser

The exploration of the Riemannian structure of the Hilbert space has led to the concept of quantum geometry, comprising geometric quantities exemplified by Berry curvature and quantum metric. While this framework has profoundly advanced the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-09 Xiao-Bin Qiang , Tianyu Liu , Hai-Zhou Lu , X. C. Xie

We study the orbital magnetic quadrupole moment (MQM) in three dimensional higher-order topological phases. Much like electric quadrupole moment, which is associated with a charge response on the boundaries of a finite sample, the diagonal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-17 Jacopo Gliozzi , Mao Lin , Taylor L. Hughes

Unconventional magnetism represents a paradigm shift in condensed matter physics, effectively bridging the fast, high-density advantages of antiferromagnets with the facile read-write capability of ferromagnets. Recent developments in spin…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-31 Xiaobing Chen , Weizhao Chen , Qihang Liu

We propose a nonlinear orbital magnetoelectric effect, which generates orbital magnetization quadratically in centrosymmetric materials where the linear orbital magnetoelectric effect is strictly forbidden. Using extended semiclassical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 Jinxiong Jia , Zhenhua Qiao , Jian Wang

Modern theory of the orbital magnetization is applied to the series of insulating perovskite transition metal oxides (orthorhombic YTiO$_3$, LaMnO$_3$, and YVO$_3$, as well as monoclinic YVO$_3$), carrying a net ferromagnetic (FM) moment in…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-03-04 S. A. Nikolaev , I. V. Solovyev

We compute the orbital magnetization in real materials by evaluating a recently discovered formula for periodic systems, within density functional theory. We obtain improved values of the orbital magnetization in the ferromagnetic metals…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-02-19 Davide Ceresoli , Uwe Gerstmann , Ari P. Seitsonen , Francesco Mauri

Spin-orbit coupling introduces chirality into electronic structure. This can have profound effects on the magnetization induced by orbital motion of electrons. Here we derive a formula for the orbital magnetization of interacting electrons…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-09-23 R. Nourafkan , G. Kotliar , A. -M. S. Tremblay

The electronic and magnetic properties of ferromagnetic doped manganites are investigated by means of model tight-binding and \textit{ab initio} self-interaction corrected local spin density approximation calculations. It is found that the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 H. Zenia , G. Banach , W. M. Temmerman , G. A. Gehring

In systems with time-reversal symmetry, the orbital magnetization is zero in equilibrium. Recently, it has been proposed that the orbital magnetization can be induced by an electric current in a helical crystal structure in the same manner…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-11-23 D. Hara , M. S. Bahramy , S. Murakami

The current density ${\bf j}^{\rm{\bf B}}$ induced in a clean metal by a slowly-varying magnetic field ${\bf B}$ is formulated as the low-frequency limit of natural optical activity, or natural gyrotropy. Working with a multiband Pauli…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-02-22 Shudan Zhong , Joel E. Moore , Ivo Souza

We reveal the unexpected role of the material inhomogeneity in unifying the formulation of intrinsic thermal and thermoelectric transport as well as magnetization currents. The smooth inhomogeneity leads to the position dependent local band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 Cong Xiao , Qian Niu

Within the wave-packet semiclassical approach, the Bloch electron energy is derived to second order in the magnetic field and classified into gauge-invariant terms with clear physical meaning, yielding a fresh understanding of the complex…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-08 Yang Gao , Shengyuan A. Yang , Qian Niu

The relationship between the modern and classical Landau's approach to carrier orbital magnetization is studied theoretically within the envelope function approximation, taking ferromagnetic (Ga,Mn)As as an example. It is shown that while…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-08-04 Cezary Śliwa , Tomasz Dietl

Based on standard perturbation theory, we present a full quantum derivation of the formula for the orbital magnetization in periodic systems. The derivation is generally valid for insulators with or without a Chern number, for metals at…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Junren Shi , G. Vignale , Di Xiao , Qian Niu

Altermagnetism is a newly identified phase of magnetism distinct from ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. RuO$_2$ has been considered a prototypical metallic altermagnet with a critical temperature higher than room temperature. Previous…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-17 Dai Q. Ho , D. Quang To , Ruiqi Hu , Garnett W. Bryant , Anderson Janotti

We present a microscopic model for nanoparticles, of the maghemite ($\gamma $% -Fe$_{2}$O$_{3}$) type, and perform classical Monte Carlo simulations of their magnetic properties. On account of M\"{o}ssbauer spectroscopy and high-field…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Kachkachi , A. Ezzir , M. Nogues , E. Tronc

We study the surface magnetization of aperiodic Ising quantum chains. Using fermion techniques, exact results are obtained in the critical region for quasiperiodic sequences generated through an irrational number as well as for the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-22 L. Turban , B. Berche

The boundary-induced scaling of three-dimensional random field Ising magnets is investigated close to the bulk critical point by exact combinatorial optimization methods. We measure several exponents describing surface criticality:…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-11 L. Laurson , M. J. Alava