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Light-matter interaction allows to achieve non-equilibrium states that are otherwise inaccessible. Motivated by recent experiments that report ferroelectricity -- and even multiferroicity -- in the prototypical diamagnetic band insulator…

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Recent studies on altermagnets have focused considerable attention on nonrelativistic effects that persist in the absence of spin-orbit coupling (SOC). As a result, the relative importance of various phenomena in altermagnets has commonly…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-22 Xukun Feng , Jin Cao , Lay Kee Ang , Shengyuan A. Yang , Cong Xiao , X. C. Xie

Antiferromagnetic materials feature intrinsic ultrafast spin dynamics, making them ideal candidates for future magnonic devices operating at THz frequencies. A major focus of current research is the investigation of optical methods for the…

Many technologically useful magnetic oxides are ferrimagnetic insulators, which consist of chemically distinct cations. Here, we examine the spin dynamics of different magnetic cations in ferrimagnetic NiZnAl-ferrite…

The coupling of spin and orbital degrees of freedom in the trilayer Sr4Ru3O10 sets a long-standing puzzle, due to the peculiar anisotropic coexistence of out-of-plane ferromagnetism and in-plane metamagnetism. Recently, the induced magnetic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-10-09 Filomena Forte , Lucia Capogna , Veronica Granata , Rosalba Fittipaldi , Antonio Vecchione , Mario Cuoco

Magnetic Compton scattering is an established tool for probing magnetism in ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic materials with a net spin polarization. Here we show that, counterintuitively, {\it non-magnetic} systems can also have a non-zero…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-09-16 Sayantika Bhowal , Stephen P. Collins , Nicola A. Spaldin

We present a non-Markovian theory of muon spin relaxation that treats the implanted muon as an open quantum spin coupled to a temporally correlated local magnetic environment. Using a Schwinger-Keldysh influence-functional formulation, we…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-28 Elvis F. Arguelles , Osamu Sugino

Antiferromagnets (AFM) with a nonrelativistic spin splitting (NSS) of electronic bands expand the range of spin-dependent phenomena and their applications. A crucial understanding for both of them pertains to the inherent spin dynamics. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-03 Konstantin S. Denisov , Igor Žutić

Anisotropic magnetoresistance (AMR) arises from symmetry lowering of the conductivity tensor induced by magnetic order. In simple ferromagnets, AMR is a relativistic effect, relying on spin-orbit interaction (SOC). Here, we demonstrate that…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-07-17 Philipp Ritzinger , Ondřej Sedláček , Jakub Železný , Karel Výborný

Antiferromagnets with vanishing net magnetization are naturally expected to host higher-order magnetic multipole moments. Understanding and utilizing the multipole degrees of freedom are imperative for novel conceptual designs and…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-07 Hua Chen , Guang-Yu Guo , Di Xiao

RuO$_{2}$ has been proposed as the prototypical altermagnetic material. However, several reports have recently questioned its intrinsic magnetic ordering, leading to conflicting findings, especially in thin film heterostructures pointing to…

Relativistic spin-orbit interaction drastically modifies electronic band and endows emergent functionalities. One of the example is the Rashba effect. In noncentrosymmetric systems such as interface and polar materials, the electronic band…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-11-25 Y. Iguchi , S. Uemura , K. Ueno , Y. Onose

We report the \QTR{it}{pinned/biased} \QTR{it}{moment} in the superlattices consisting of ferromagnetic (FM) SrRuO$_3$ and antiferromgnetic (AFM) SrMnO$_3$. This superlattice system shows anisotropy and oriented pinning/biasing in the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Padhan , W. Prellier

Ferromagnets are key materials for sensing and memory applications. In contrast, antiferromagnets that represent the more common form of magnetically ordered materials, have so far found less practical application beyond their use for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-31 J. Železný , P. Wadley , K. Olejník. A. Hoffmann , H. Ohno

In the band theory of ferromagnetism there is a relative shift in the position of majority and minority spin bands due to the self-consistent field due to opposite spin electrons. In the simplest realization, the Stoner model, the majority…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-31 J. E. Hirsch

The concept of spin symmetries has gained renewed interest as a valuable tool for classifying unconventional magnetic phases, including altermagnets and recently identified p-wave magnets. In this work, we show that in compounds with weak…

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Topological quantum magnets FeSn and Fe$_{3}$Sn$_{2}$ were studied using neutron scattering and first-principles calculations. Both materials are metallic but host dispersionless flat bands with Dirac nodes at the $K$ point in reciprocal…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-17 Yu Tao , Luke Daemen , Yongqiang Cheng , Joerg C. Neuefeind , Despina Louca

In spite of the absence of a macroscopic magnetic moment, an anti-ferromagnet is spin-polarized on an atomic scale. The electric current passing through a conducting anti-ferromagnet is polarized as well, leading to spin-transfer torques…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-09-29 Yuan Xu , Shuai Wang , Ke Xia

Magnetic dynamics of a bulk ferromagnet, a new single crystalline compound Co7(TeO3)4Br6, was studied by ac susceptibility and the related techniques. Very large Arrhenius activation energy of 17.2 meV (201 K) and long attempt time…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-09-20 M. Prester , I. Zivkovic , D. Drobac , V. Surija , D. Pajic , H. Berger

We present magnetoresistance measurements performed on ultrathin films of amorphous Ni and Fe. In these films the Curie temperature drops to zero at small thickness, making it possible to study the effect of ferromagnetism on localization.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Noa Kurzweil , Eugene Kogan , Aviad Frydman
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