English
Related papers

Related papers: Altermagnetic Proximity Effect

200 papers

Altermagnets (AMs) - magnetic materials that have spin-split bandstructure with zero net spin polarization can be classified as weak or strong depending upon the strength of altermagnetic term in the Hamiltonian. We theoretically…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-18 Shubham Ghadigaonkar , Sachchidanand Das , Abhiram Soori

Nontrivial topological superconductivity has received enormous research attentions due to its potential for diverse applications in topological quantum computing. The intrinsic issue concerning the correlation between a topological…

A novel collinear magnetic phase, termed ``altermagnetism,'' has recently been uncovered, characterized by zero net magnetization and momentum-dependent collinear spin-splitting. To understand the intriguing physical effects of altermagnets…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-02-12 Hao-Ran Hu , Xiangang Wan , Wei Chen

Altermagnets have attracted intense interest because they have the advantages of both ferromagnets and antiferromagnets. However, their experimental identification remains challenging, in particular for the A-type altermagnets that account…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-15 Zhoujian Sun , Yiyuan Chen , Tao Yu , Hai-Zhou Lu , X. C. Xie

Altermagnetism, recently spotlighted in condensed matter physics, presents captivating physical properties and holds promise for spintronics applications. This study delves into the theoretical description and categorization of…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-08-06 Sike Zeng , Yu-Jun Zhao

Hidden spin polarization (HSP) with zero net spin polarization in total but non-zero local spin polarization has been proposed in certain nonmagnetic centrosymmetric compounds, where the individual sectors forming the inversion partners are…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-28 San-Dong Guo

Transverse thermoelectric conversion holds significant potential in addressing complex challenges faced by classical Seebeck/Peltier modules. A promising transverse thermoelectric phenomenon is the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE) originating…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-11-25 Takamasa Hirai , Fuyuki Ando , Hossein Sepehri-Amin , Ken-ichi Uchida

Altermagnets are a class of magnetic materials that exhibit unconventional transport properties, such as an anomalous Hall effect, despite having compensated sublattice magnetic moments. In this study, we report fundamental experimental…

The discovery of altermagnetism offers new opportunities for exploring novel quantum states and developing spintronic devices for enabling momentum dependent spin splitting in compensated systems, while zero net magnetization limit its…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-22 W. Z. Zhuo , Z. H. Guan , Z. L. Peng , Y. N. Pan , J. Chen , Y. Yang , M. H. Qin

Recent works have predicted materials featuring bands with a large spin-splitting distinct from ferromagnetic and relativistically spin-orbit coupled systems. Materials displaying this property are known as altermagnets and feature a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-08-15 Chi Sun , Arne Brataas , Jacob Linder

We demonstrate the emergence of altermagnetism at the surfaces of antiferromagnets, vastly expanding the number of material candidates with altermagnetic characteristics and establishing a route to two-dimensional altermagnetism through…

Altermagnets are a recently discovered class of magnetic materials that combine a collinear, zero-magnetization spin structure, characteristic of antiferromagnets, with spin-split electronic bands, a hallmark of ferromagnets. This unique…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 Rui Chen , Bin Zhou , Dong-Hui Xu

Altermagnet (AM), a recently identified class of collinear magnet, has garnered significant attention due to its unique combination of zero net magnetization and spin-split energy bands, leading to a variety of novel physical phenomena.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-21 Miaomiao Zhao , Wei-Wei Yang , Yin Zhong

Newly discovered altermagnets are magnetic materials exhibiting both compensated magnetic order, similar to antiferromagnets, and simultaneous non-relativistic spin-splitting of the bands, akin to ferromagnets. This characteristic arises…

The magnetic proximity effect (MPE), ferromagnetic coupling at the interface of magnetically dissimilar layers, attracts much attention as a promising pathway for introducing ferromagnetism into a high-mobility non-magnetic conducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-13 Kosuke Takiguchi , Kyosuke Okamura , Le Duc Anh , Masaaki Tanaka

The Pauli exclusion principle combined with interactions between fermions is a basic mechanism across condensed-matter systems giving rise to a spontaneous breaking of the spin-space rotation symmetry of spin-ordered phases. Ferromagnetism…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-13 T. Jungwirth , R. M. Fernandes , E. Fradkin , A. H. MacDonald , J. Sinova , L. Smejkal

Current studies of non-reciprocal superconducting (SC) transport have centered on the forward-backward asymmetry of the critical current measured along a single axis. In most realizations, this diode effect is achieved via introducing…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-05 F. Yang , L. Q. Chen

Achieving altermagnetism (AM) in two-dimensional materials is crucial for advancing the development of novel spintronic devices. This study introduces an innovative strategy to realize AM in monolayer materials by adsorbing non-magnetic…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-28 Han-Bing Li , Zhi-Gang Shao

We study the proximity effect in hybrid structures consisting of superconductor and ferromagnetic insulator separated by a normal diffusive metal (S/N/FI structures). These stuctures were proposed to realize the absolute spin-valve effect.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Daniel Huertas-Hernando , Yu. V. Nazarov

The search of novel topological phases, such as the quantum anomalous Hall insulator (QAHI) or the axion insulator, has motivated different schemes to introduce magnetism into topological insulators. One scheme is to introduce ferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-11 Andres E. Llacsahuanga Allcca , Xing-Chen Pan , Ireneusz Miotkowski , Katsumi Tanigaki , Yong P. Chen