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Manipulating spin polarization of electrons in nonmagnetic semiconductors by means of electric fields or optical fields is an essential theme of the conceptual nonmagnetic semiconductor-based spintronics. Here we experimentally demonstrate…

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Spin-polarized antiferromagnets (AFMs), including altermagnets, noncollinear AFMs, and two-dimensional layer-polarized AFMs, have emerged as transformative materials for next-generation spintronic and optoelectronic technologies. These…

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Unconventional magnetism represents a class of metallic states whose Fermi surfaces exhibit spin-dependent splittings under the non-trivial representations of the rotation group. The $d$-wave $\alpha$-phase unconventional magnetic state,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-12 Jian-Keng Yuan , Zhiming Pan , Congjun Wu

A novel method invented to measure the minute thermodynamic spin magnetization of dilute two dimensional fermions is applied to electrons in a silicon inversion layer. Interplay between the ferromagnetic interaction and disorder enhances…

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Altermagnets, characterized by zero net magnetization and momentum-dependent spin splitting, have recently garnered significant attention due to their potential applications in a variety of fields. Here, we propose a symmetry-engineering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-15 Dong Liu , Sike Zeng , Ji-Hai Liao , Yu-Jun Zhao

Altermagnetism is a newly identified magnetic phase, distinct from conventional ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. It exhibits no net magnetization while breaking time-reversal symmetry. Although its momentum-space signatures are…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-22 Daran Fu , Liu Yang , Yi Shen , Kebin Xiao , Yuyang Wang , Wei Jiang , Zhiwei Wang , Yugui Yao , Qi-Kun Xue , Wei Li

Altermagnets exhibit spin-split electronic bandstructures despite having zero net magnetization, making them attractive for field-free spintronic applications. In this work, we show that a finite rectangular altermagnetic sample can acquire…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-27 Abhiram Soori

Superconductivity in the recently discovered altermagnetic materials hosts large prospects for both fundamental physics and technological applications. In this work we show that a characteristic spin-sublattice locking in altermagnets puts…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-08-09 Debmalya Chakraborty , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Altermagnets host unconventional spin-polarized bands despite zero net magnetization, but controlling their spin structure remains challenging. We propose a multi-field approach to engineer spin polarization in $d$-wave altermagnets using…

Altermagnets hold great potential for spintronic applications, yet their intrinsic spin dynamics and associated transport properties remain largely unexplored. Here, we investigate spin-resolved quantum transport in a multi-terminal setup…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-25 Li-Shuo Liu , Kai Shao , Hai-Dong Li , Xiangang Wan , Wei Chen , D. Y. Xing

Persistent spin textures with collinear spin polarization are promising platforms for spintronics applications. However, their typically relativistic spin-orbit origin leads to weak spin splittings and fragile spin coherence. Here, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-13 Warlley H. Campos , F. C. Fobasso Mbognou , Anna Birk Hellenes , Joseph Poata , Taikang Chen , Jan Priessnitz , Libor Šmejkal

Recently, altermagnetic materials have become rather attractive because such materials showcase combined advantages of ferromagnets (e.g., spin current) and antiferromagnets (e.g., low stray field and ultrafast spin dynamics). Symmetry…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-19 Yahui Zhai , Longju Yu , Jian Lv , Wei Zhang , Hong Jian Zhao

Altermagnets, a distinct class of antiferromagnets with electronic structures resembling those of d-wave superconductors, exhibit intriguing properties that have gained significant attention in recent research. In this article, we propose…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-04 Ali Asgharpour , Bert Koopmans , Rembert A. Duine

Altermagnets have garnered great interest due to their non-relativistic spin splitting and novel physical properties. However, the control of altermagnetic states remains underexplored. Here, we propose a unique multiferroic state, i.e.…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-25 Ning Ding , Haoshen Ye , Shan-Shan Wang , Shuai Dong

Altermagnetic materials combine compensated magnetic order with momentum-dependent spin splitting, offering a fundamentally new route for spintronic functionality beyond conventional ferromagnets and antiferromagnets. While most studies…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-13 J. W. González , T. Brumme , E. Suárez Morell , A. M. León

We develop the non-Hermitian counterpart of a new class of collinear magnets, dubbed altermagnets, delineated by net zero magnetization with momentum-dependent spin-splitting bands. The application of an imaginary gauge field in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-03 Gaurab Kumar Dash , Subhasis Panda , Snehasish Nandy

The interplay of strong electronic correlations, sizable octahedral distortions, and pronounced spin-orbit coupling (SOC) makes perovskite oxides promising candidates for realizing altermagnetic phases. We study altermagnetic phases in…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-16 Andrea León , Carmine Autieri , Thomas Brumme , Jhon W. González

The altermagnetism can achieve spin-split bands in collinear symmetry-compensated antiferromagnets. Here, we predict altermagnetic order in Janus monolayer $\mathrm{Cr_2SO}$ with eliminated inversion symmetry, which can realize the…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-06-08 San-Dong Guo , Xiao-Shu Guo , Kai Cheng , Ke Wang , Yee Sin Ang

Altermagnetism, a recently discovered magnetic phase characterized by spin-split bands without net magnetization, has emerged as promising platform for novel physics and potential applications. However, its stability against…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-30 Chang-An Li , Bo Fu , Huaiming Guo , Björn Trauzettel , Song-Bo Zhang

We present unconventional nodal crossings in a two-dimensional (2D) collinear altermagnet, which are enforced by crystal symmetries to lock spin polarization and valley degrees of freedom. The altermagnetism generate nonrelativistic…

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