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We proposed a novel and simple multilayer structure to realize the deterministic switching of perpendicularly magnetized layers (Co in our work) by spin orbital torque from the spin Hall Effect in this paper. A pinned layer is introduced,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-05-08 Sumei Wang

Antiferromagnets are robust to external electric and magnetic fields, and hence are seemingly uncontrollable. Recent studies, however, realized the electrical manipulations of antiferromagnets by virtue of the antiferromagnetic Edelstein…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-01-01 Hikaru Watanabe , Youichi Yanase

Antiferromagnetic spintronics have attracted wide attention due to its great potential in constructing ultra-dense and ultra-fast antiferromagnetic memory that suits modern high-performance information technology. The electrical 180o…

Field-free deterministic switching of perpendicular ferromagnets is a central challenge for spintronics applications, typically requiring explicit symmetry breaking. Here we show that deterministic switching can instead be achieved through…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-08 Naomi Fokkens , Fei Xue

Antiferromagnets (AFMs) hold promise for applications in digital logic. However, switching AFM domains is challenging, as magnetic fields do not couple to the bulk antiferromagnetic order parameter. Here we show that magnetic-field-driven…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-13 Sophie F. Weber , Veronika Sunko

It is shown that the flow of electric current in an altermagnet results in the formation of a homogeneous electron spin orientation in the sample. The spin of the conduction electrons generated in altermagnets with $d$-wave spin-momentum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-18 L. E. Golub , L. Šmejkal

We report the synthesis and magnetic characterization of WFeB and identify it as a metallic d-wave altermagnet representative of a broader TiNiSi-type family. Neutron diffraction, M\"ossbauer spectroscopy, and magnetometry establish a…

Whether a zero-moment antiferromagnet can host an intrinsic half-metallic ground state with a single-spin Fermi surface remains an open question in antiferromagnetic spintronics. Existing proposals in compensated magnets reach only…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-11 Xin Chen , Jin Zou , Lipeng Song , Wei Sun , Yiwen Wu , Luyao Zhu , Xu Cheng , Duo Wang , Biplab Sanyal

Switching magnetism using only electricity is of great significance for industrial applications but remains challenging. We find that, altermagnetism, as a newly discovered unconventional magnetism, may open an avenue along this effort.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-11 Yiyuan Chen , Xiaoxiong Liu , Hai-Zhou Lu , X. C. Xie

Altermagnets are an emergent class of materials combining features of ferro- and antiferro-magnetic materials. They have spin-separated bands normally associated with ferromagnets, but a vanishing net magnetization. Moreover the symmetries…

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

Controlling the skyrmion Hall effect (SkHE) is pivotal for developing topological spintronics but typically relies on magnetic field reversal. Here, we demonstrate a general strategy for the purely electrical switching of the SkHE in…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-19 Wenhui Du , Kaiying Dou , Ying Dai , Zeyan Wang , Baibiao Huang , Yandong Ma

Spin-orbit torque enables the electrical control of the orientation of ferromagnets' or antiferromagnets' order parameter. In this work we consider antiferromagnets in which the magnetic sublattices are connected by inversion+time reversal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-01 Fei Xue , Paul M. Haney

Ultrafast electric manipulation of magnetic order in solids is critical for the development of future terahertz data processing. A fascinating concept for such high-speed operation is offered in metallic antiferromagnets by N\'eel…

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

We identify hexagonal YMnO$_3$ as a material realization of the elusive $\beta$-phase of unconventional magnetism, a noncollinear, noncoplanar antiferromagnetic state defined by intrinsic spin-momentum locking and a topological spin…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-06 Yudi Yang , Zhuang Qian , Ruichun Xiao , Yuanyuan Xu , Hua Wang , Shi Liu , Congjun Wu

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

The advent of altermagnetism, a new phase of magnetism, has garnered significant interest due to its extraordinary spin-polarized electronic bands despite zero net magnetization. Such spin-symmetry-guided robust non-relativistic alternating…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-15 Anil Kumar Singh , Pritam Deb

Spin textures are ubiquitous in antiferromagnets, yet their consequences for altermagnets remain largely unexplored. We show that smooth spatial variations of the N\'eel order act on itinerant electrons as emergent gauge fields, producing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-12 Andrea Maiani

Researchers have recently identified a novel class of magnetism, termed "altermagnetism", which exhibits characteristics of both ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. Here, we report a groundbreaking discovery of efficient field-free…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-07-11 Zhuoyi Li , Zhe Zhang , Xianyang Lu , Yongbing Xu