Berry-Curvature Engineering for Nonreciprocal Directional Dichroism in Two-Dimensional Antiferromagnets
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| author | Liang, Wenhao Zeng, Junjie Qiao, Zhenhua Gao, Yang Niu, Qian |
| author_facet | Liang, Wenhao Zeng, Junjie Qiao, Zhenhua Gao, Yang Niu, Qian |
| contents | In two-dimensional antiferromagnets, we identify the mixed Berry curvature as the geometrical origin of the nonreciprocal directional dichroism (NDD), which refers to the difference in light absorption with the propagation direction flipped. Such a Berry curvature is strongly tied to the uniaxial strain in accordance with the symmetry constraint, leading to a highly tunable NDD, whose sign and magnitude can be manipulated via the strain direction. As a concrete example, we demonstrate such a phenomenon in a lattice model of MnBi2Te4. The coupling between the mixed Berry curvature and strain also suggests the magnetic quadrupole of the Bloch wave packet as the macroscopic order parameter probed by the NDD in two dimensions, distinct from the multiferroic order P times M or the spin toroidal and quadrupole order within a unit cell in previous studies. Our work paves the way of the Berry-curvature engineering for optical nonreciprocity in two-dimensional antiferromagnets. |
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| spellingShingle | Berry-Curvature Engineering for Nonreciprocal Directional Dichroism in Two-Dimensional Antiferromagnets Liang, Wenhao Zeng, Junjie Qiao, Zhenhua Gao, Yang Niu, Qian Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics In two-dimensional antiferromagnets, we identify the mixed Berry curvature as the geometrical origin of the nonreciprocal directional dichroism (NDD), which refers to the difference in light absorption with the propagation direction flipped. Such a Berry curvature is strongly tied to the uniaxial strain in accordance with the symmetry constraint, leading to a highly tunable NDD, whose sign and magnitude can be manipulated via the strain direction. As a concrete example, we demonstrate such a phenomenon in a lattice model of MnBi2Te4. The coupling between the mixed Berry curvature and strain also suggests the magnetic quadrupole of the Bloch wave packet as the macroscopic order parameter probed by the NDD in two dimensions, distinct from the multiferroic order P times M or the spin toroidal and quadrupole order within a unit cell in previous studies. Our work paves the way of the Berry-curvature engineering for optical nonreciprocity in two-dimensional antiferromagnets. |
| title | Berry-Curvature Engineering for Nonreciprocal Directional Dichroism in Two-Dimensional Antiferromagnets |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.02998 |