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Topological phases have greatly improved our understanding of modern conception of phases of matter that go beyond the paradigm of symmetry breaking and are not described by local order parameters. Instead, characterization of topological…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-12 Zhihuang Luo , Wenzhao Zhang , Xinfang Nie , Dawei Lu

We report a resonant inelastic X-ray scattering study on a single crystal of a non-stoichiometric pyrochlore iridate Tb$_{2+x}$Ir$_{2-x}$O$_{7-y}$ ($x \simeq 0.25$) that magnetically orders at $T_{\rm{N}}\simeq 50$ K. We find that the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-09-18 Q. Faure , A. Toschi , J. R. Soh , E. Lhotel , B. Detlefs , D. Prabhakaran , D. F. McMorrow , C. J. Sahle

Magnetic systems have been extensively studied both from a fundamental physics perspective and as building blocks for a variety of applications. Their topological properties, in particular those of excitations, remain relatively unexplored…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-25 Benedetta Flebus , Rembert A. Duine , Hilary M. Hurst

While the existence of a magnetic field induced quantum spin liquid in Kitaev magnets remains under debate, its topological properties often extend to proximal phases where they can lead to unusual behaviors of both fundamental and applied…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-05-21 Li Ern Chern , Claudio Castelnovo

Dynamical topological solitons are studied in classical two-dimensional Heisenberg easy-axis ferromagnets. The properties of such solitons are treated both analytically in the continuum limit and numerically by spin dynamics simulations of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Denis D. Sheka , Christian Schuster , Boris A. Ivanov , Franz G. Mertens

We present a novel approach to understanding the extraordinary diversity of magnetic skyrmion solutions. Our approach combines a new classification scheme with efficient analytical and numerical methods. We introduce the concept of chiral…

The study of exotic one-dimensional states, particularly those at the edges of topological materials, demand new experimental probes that can access the interplay between charge and spin degrees of freedom. One potential approach is to use…

We report on the possibility to detect hinge spin polarization in magnetic topological insulators by resistance measurements. By implementing a three-dimensional model of magnetic topological insulators into a multi-terminal device with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-29 Pablo M. Perez-Piskunow , Stephan Roche

The appearance of fractional Chern insulators in moir\'e systems can be rationalized by the presence of a fictitious magnetic field associated with the spatial texture of layer-resolved electronic wavefunctions. Here, we present a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-02 Kryštof Kolář , Kang Yang , Felix von Oppen , Christophe Mora

The magnetization evolution of the free layer in an orthogonal spin-torque device is studied based on a macrospin model. The trajectory of magnetization vector under various conditions has shown rich nonlinear properties. The phase diagram…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-05 Yuan Hui , Zheng Yang , Hao Yu

Topology has appeared in different physical contexts. The most prominent application is topologically protected edge transport in condensed matter physics. The Chern number, the topological invariant of gapped Bloch Hamiltonians, is an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-24 Thomas Fösel , Vittorio Peano , Florian Marquardt

Low-symmetry two-dimensional (2D) topological materials such as MoTe$_2$ host efficient charge-to-spin conversion (CSC) mechanisms that can be harnessed for novel electronic and spintronic devices. However, the nature of the various CSC…

Topologically non-trivial spin textures, such as skyrmions and dislocations, display emergent electrodynamics and can be moved by spin currents over macroscopic distances. These unique properties and their nanoscale size make them excellent…

Using a recently-established band representation analysis, we discover two distinct types of topological nodal magnons in the real-space antiferroic ordering of whirling spin arrangements in the Tb-based icosahedral quasicrystal 1/1…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-11 Rintaro Eto , Masahito Mochizuki , Shinji Watanabe

Nodal-line semimetals with magnetic orders have been theoretically predicted and experimentally observed in only few compounds. We theoretically explore the electronic structure in bulk and boundary of such a magnetic nodal-line state by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Yasufumi Araki , Jin Watanabe , Kentaro Nomura

The layered antiferromagnet CrSBr features magnons coupled to other quasiparticles, including excitons and polaritons, enabling their easy optical accessibility. In this work, we investigate the tunability of magnons in few-layered devices…

Twisted transition metal dichalcogenides (tTMDs) provide a highly tunable platform to explore the interplay between strong correlation and topology. Among them, the properties involving the charge degree of freedom have been extensively…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-08-25 Wei-Tao Zhou , Zhao-Yang Dong , Zhao-Long Gu , Jian-Xin Li

Topologically protected magnon surface states are highly desirable as an ideal platform to engineer low-dissipation spintronics devices. However, theoretical prediction of topological magnons in strongly correlated materials proves to be…

Quantum information storage using charge-neutral quasiparticles are expected to play a crucial role in the future of quantum computers. In this regard, magnons or collective spin-wave excitations in solid-state materials are promising…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-10-20 S. A. Owerre , J. Nsofini

A magnetic domain boundary on the surface of a three-dimensional topological insulator is predicted to host a chiral edge state, but direct demonstration is challenging. Here, we used a scanning superconducting quantum interference device…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-18 Y. H. Wang , J. R. Kirtley , F. Katmis , P. Jarillo-Herrero , J. S. Moodera , K. A. Moler