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Altermagnets (AMs), recently discovered unconventional magnets distinct from both ferro- and antiferromagnets, have rapidly emerged as a prominent research topic in condensed matter physics. AMs are characterized by alternating collinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-26 Tongshuai Zhu , Di Zhou , Huaiqiang Wang , Su-Huai Wei , Jiawei Ruan

When a coplanar antiferromagnet (AFM) with $xy$-plane magnetic moments exhibits a spin-split band structure and unidirectional spin polarization along $z$, the spin polarization is forced to be an odd function of momentum by the fundamental…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-08 Di Zhu , Dongling Liu , Zheng-Yang Zhuang , Zhigang Wu , Zhongbo Yan

Altermagnetism has so far mainly been understood in its even- and odd-parity forms. We show that collinear antiferromagnets with zero net magnetization can also host mixed-parity spin splitting, namely neither purely even nor purely odd in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-07 Zheng-Yang Zhuang , Jin-Xin Hu , Song-Bo Zhang , Lun-Hui Hu , Zhongbo Yan

Momentum-dependent spin splitting and its relation to inversion ($P$) and time-reversal ($T$) symmetries are central to nonrelativistic spintronics. Representative examples include collinear altermagnets with $(P,T)=(+,-)$ and non-collinear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Yue Yu

Odd-parity spin-splitting plays a central role in spintronics and unconventional superconductivity, yet its microscopic realization in collinear magnetic systems remains elusive. We propose a general symmetry-based strategy for realizing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Zheng-Yang Zhuang , Di Zhu , Dongling Liu , Zhigang Wu , Zhongbo Yan

Following recent intensive studies on altermagnetism(ALM) characterized by non-relativistic even-parity spin splitting, realizing unconventional odd-parity magnetism has also attracted increasing interest. Here, using symmetry arguments…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-02 Minghuan Zeng , Zheng Qin , Ling Qin , Shiping Feng , Lin Wu , Dong-Hui Xu , Rui Wang

Altermagnets are an emerging class of collinear magnets with momentum-dependent spin splitting and zero net magnetization. These materials can be broadly classified into two categories based on the behavior of spin splitting at…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-27 Dongling Liu , Zheng-Yang Zhuang , Di Zhu , Zhigang Wu , Zhongbo Yan

Realizing odd-parity, time-reversal-preserving, non-relativistic spin splitting is a central goal for spintronics applications. We propose a group-theory-based microscopic framework to induce odd-parity spin splitting from coplanar…

The coupling between ferroelectrics and magnetism presents a promising avenue for low-dissipation spintronic devices. However, such couplings remain rare, and the direct realization of magnetic order driven by ferroelectric switching in…

Recent studies have attracted increasing interest in nonrelativistic odd-parity magnetism and its associated topology in collinear altermagnets. Here, based on symmetry analysis and an effective model, we demonstrate that Floquet…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-27 Yuping Tian , Chen-Hao Zhao , Chao-Bo Wang , Binyuan Zhang , Xiangru Kong , Wei-Jiang Gong

The recently predicted unconventional magnets offer a new ground for exploring the formation of nontrivial spin states due to their inherent nonrelativistic momentum-dependent spin splitting. In this work, we consider unconventional magnets…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-26 Pei-Hao Fu , Sayan Mondal , Jun-Feng Liu , Jorge Cayao

A recently identified class of collinear magnetic order, characterized by vanishing net magnetization yet unconventional spin splitting, known as altermagnets (AMs), has attracted significant research interest. Controlling the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Yichen Liu , Tongshuai Zhu , Haijun Zhang

We consider unconventional magnets with and without spin-singlet $s$-wave superconductivity and demonstrate the emergence of spin triplet states due to light drives. In particular, we find that a high-frequency linearly polarized light…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-02-16 Pei-Hao Fu , Sayan Mondal , Jun-Feng Liu , Yukio Tanaka , Jorge Cayao

The antiferromagnetic (AFM) materials are robust to external magnetic perturbation due to missing any net magnetic moment. In general, the spin splitting in the band structures disappears in these antiferromagnets. However, the…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-07-12 San-Dong Guo

The discovery of collinear symmetric-compensated altermagnets (AM) with intrinsic spin splitting provides a route towards energy-efficient and ultrafast device applications. Here, using first-principles calculations and symmetry analysis,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Jianke Tian , Jia Li , Hengbo Liu , Yan Li , Ze Liu , Linyang Li , Jun Li , Guodong Liu , Junjie Shi

Floquet engineering is a powerful tool that drives materials with periodic light. Traditionally, the light is monochromatic, with amplitude, frequency, and polarization varied. We introduce Floquet engineering via unpolarized light built…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-05-04 V. L. Quito , Rebecca Flint

Altermagnetism, as a new branch of magnetism independent of traditional ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, has attracted extensive attention recently. At present, researchers have proved several kinds of three-dimensional altermagnets,…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-13 Wencong Sun , Haoshen Ye , Li Liang , Ning Ding , Shuai Dong , Shan-shan Wang

We propose a route to achieve odd-parity spin-triplet superconductivity in metallic collinear antiferromagnets with inversion symmetry. Owing to the existence of hidden antiunitary symmetry, which we call the effective time-reversal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-02-17 Seung Hun Lee , Bohm-Jung Yang

We propose a novel ferroelectric switchable altermagnetism effect, the reversal of ferroelectric polarization is coupled to the switching of altermagnetic spin splitting. We demonstrate the design principles for the ferroelectric…

We propose the sublattice currents as a feasible route to odd-parity altermagnetism (ALM), where nonrelativistic collinear spin splitting occurs in the bands as an odd function of momentum. In contrast to previously classified ALMs, the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-16 Yu-Ping Lin , Marc Vila
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