English
Related papers

Related papers: Orbital-Engineered Altermagnetism in Two-Dimension…

200 papers

We investigate a spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ antiferromagnet, CuBr$_2$, which has quasi-one-dimensional structural motifs. The system has previously been observed to exhibit unusual Raman modes possibly due to a locally deformed crystal structure…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-09-23 Biaoyan Hu , Yingying Peng , Xiaoqiang Liu , Qizhi Li , Qiangqiang Gu , Matthew J. Krogstad , Raymond Osborn , Takashi Honda , Ji Feng , Yuan Li

Motivated by exploring doped multi-orbital antiferromagnets (AFMs) and altermagnets (ALMs) we explore minimal $t$-$J$ models on the square-octagon lattice which favor such collinear magnetic orders in the regime where spin exchange…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-02-20 Anjishnu Bose , Samuel Vadnais , Arun Paramekanti

The distinctive symmetry properties of pure altermagnets make them natural candidates for piezomagnetism. Previous work motivated by the piezomagnetic properties of altermagnets has primarily focused on the spin magnetization response to…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-02-11 Beryl Bell , Jörn W. F. Venderbos

Altermagnetism features momentum-dependent spin splitting without net magnetization, extending spintronics beyond conventional ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism. However, the photonic realization of altermagnetism has remained a…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-28 Sichang Qiu , Huichang Li , Yan Meng , Xiang Xi , Zebin Zhu , Ce Shang , Zhen Gao , Tie Jun Cui , Shuo Liu

Altermagnetic (AM) compounds have recently emerged as a promising platform for realizing unconventional quantum phases, enabled by their unique spin-split band structure at zero net magnetization. Here, we present a first-principles…

Altermagnets exhibit momentum-dependent spin splitting without net magnetization, combining characteristics of both ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, making them highly interesting for spintronics applications. CrSb is a prime candidate…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-10-02 Brahim Marfoua , Mohammad Amirabbasi , Marcus Ekholm

Altermagnetic metals break time-reversal symmetry and feature spin-split Fermi surfaces generated by compensated N\'eel-ordered collinear magnetic moments. Being metallic, such altermagnets may undergo a further instability at low…

In this study, we employed first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations within the GGA+U framework to explore the electronic and magnetic properties of CrSb2 under varying hydrostatic pressures. CrSb2 exhibits…

Altermagnets are a novel class of fully spin-compensated magnetic materials that nevertheless have spin-split electronic bands, offering novel perspectives for spintronics applications. Based on a rigorous analysis of altermagnetic…

The realization of multiferroic altermagnets featuring giant intrinsic spin splitting, hold great promise for next-generation spintronics. In this work, based on the recently proposed concept of spin-antiferroelectric (spin-AFE), we…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-14 Zesen Fu , Aolin Li , Wenzhe Zhou , Fangping Ouyang , Fawei Zheng , Yugui Yao

The magnetic properties of two-dimensional altermagnets can be obtained from a square lattice Heisenberg model with antiferromagetic nearest neighbor interaction and two types of next-nearest neighbor interactions arranged in a checkerboard…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-01-28 Niklas Cichutek , Peter Kopietz , Andreas Rückriegel

Altermagnets offer a route to spin-polarized electronic states without macroscopic magnetization, because compensated magnetic order can generate momentum-dependent spin splitting through crystal-symmetry-controlled exchange fields.…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-28 Yi-Fei Jiang , Jia-Xuan Guo , Zhen Zhang , Xin-Wei Yi , Jing-Yang You

Altermagnets, a unique class of magnetic materials that combines features of both ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, have garnered attention for their potential in spintronics and magnonics. While the electronic properties of altermagnets…

We study the physics of dilute magnetic impurities in a two-dimensional altermagnetic metal. For the single impurity case, although the spin degeneracy is broken in an altermagnetic metal, we show that the antiferromagnetic Kondo coupling…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-03-10 Yu-Li Lee

The independent predictions of edge ferromagnetism and the Quantum Spin Hall phase in graphene have inspired the quest of other two dimensional honeycomb systems, such as silicene, germanene, stanene, iridiates, and organometallic lattices,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-28 J. L. Lado , J. Fernández-Rossier

Altermagnet (AM) is a novel time reversal symmetry broken magnetic phase with $d$-wave order which has been experimentally realized recently. We discuss theoretical models of altermagnet based systems on lattice and in continuum. We show…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-03 Sachchidanand Das , Dhavala Suri , Abhiram Soori

Altermagnets are a new class of symmetry-compensated magnets with large spin splittings. Here, we show that the notion of altermagnetism extends beyond the realm of Landau-type order: we study exactly solvable $\mathbb{Z}_2$ quantum…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-23 Avedis Neehus , Achim Rosch , Johannes Knolle , Urban F. P. Seifert

We explore the possibilities for spin-singlet superconductivity in newly discovered altermagnets. Investigating $d$-wave altermagnets, we show that finite-momentum superconductivity can easily emerge in altermagnets even though they have no…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-03-29 Debmalya Chakraborty , Annica M. Black-Schaffer

Bringing magnetic metals into superconducting states represents an important approach for realizing unconventional superconductors and potentially even topological superconductors. Altermagnetism, classified as a third basic collinear…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-11-07 Di Zhu , Zheng-Yang Zhuang , Zhigang Wu , Zhongbo Yan

Altermagnets host momentum-selective spin splitting and chiral-split magnonic excitations despite vanishing net magnetization, enabling spin transport without ferromagnetism. In rutile structures, establishing altermagnetism…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-23 Dai Q. Ho , D. Quang To , Byungkyun Kang , Matthew F. Doty , Garnett W. Bryant , Anderson Janotti