Thermal Hall effects due to topological spin fluctuations in YMnO$_3$
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| author | Kim, Ha-Leem Saito, Takuma Yang, Heejun Ishizuka, Hiroaki Coak, Matthew John Lee, Jun Han Sim, Hasung Oh, Yoon Seok Nagaosa, Naoto Park, Je-Geun |
| author_facet | Kim, Ha-Leem Saito, Takuma Yang, Heejun Ishizuka, Hiroaki Coak, Matthew John Lee, Jun Han Sim, Hasung Oh, Yoon Seok Nagaosa, Naoto Park, Je-Geun |
| contents | The thermal Hall effect in magnetic insulators has been considered a powerful method for examining the topological nature of charge-neutral quasiparticles such as magnons. Yet, unlike the kagome system, the triangular lattice has received less attention for studying the thermal Hall effect because the scalar spin chirality cancels out between adjacent triangles. However, such cancellation cannot be perfect if the triangular lattice is distorted, which could open the possibility of a non-zero thermal Hall effect. Here, we report that the trimerized triangular lattice of multiferroic hexagonal manganite YMnO$_3$ produces a highly unusual thermal Hall effect due to topological spin fluctuations with the additional intricacy of a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction under an applied magnetic field. We conclude the thermal Hall conductivity arises from the system's topological nature of spin fluctuations. Our theoretical calculations demonstrate that the thermal Hall conductivity is also related in this material to the splitting of the otherwise degenerate two chiralities, left and right, of its 120$^{\circ}$ magnetic structure. Our result is one of the most unusual cases of topological physics due to this broken $Z_2$ symmetry of the chirality in the supposedly paramagnetic state of YMnO$_3$, with strong topological spin fluctuations. These new mechanisms in this important class of materials are crucial in exploring new thermal Hall physics and exotic excitations. |
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| spellingShingle | Thermal Hall effects due to topological spin fluctuations in YMnO$_3$ Kim, Ha-Leem Saito, Takuma Yang, Heejun Ishizuka, Hiroaki Coak, Matthew John Lee, Jun Han Sim, Hasung Oh, Yoon Seok Nagaosa, Naoto Park, Je-Geun Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science Other Condensed Matter The thermal Hall effect in magnetic insulators has been considered a powerful method for examining the topological nature of charge-neutral quasiparticles such as magnons. Yet, unlike the kagome system, the triangular lattice has received less attention for studying the thermal Hall effect because the scalar spin chirality cancels out between adjacent triangles. However, such cancellation cannot be perfect if the triangular lattice is distorted, which could open the possibility of a non-zero thermal Hall effect. Here, we report that the trimerized triangular lattice of multiferroic hexagonal manganite YMnO$_3$ produces a highly unusual thermal Hall effect due to topological spin fluctuations with the additional intricacy of a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction under an applied magnetic field. We conclude the thermal Hall conductivity arises from the system's topological nature of spin fluctuations. Our theoretical calculations demonstrate that the thermal Hall conductivity is also related in this material to the splitting of the otherwise degenerate two chiralities, left and right, of its 120$^{\circ}$ magnetic structure. Our result is one of the most unusual cases of topological physics due to this broken $Z_2$ symmetry of the chirality in the supposedly paramagnetic state of YMnO$_3$, with strong topological spin fluctuations. These new mechanisms in this important class of materials are crucial in exploring new thermal Hall physics and exotic excitations. |
| title | Thermal Hall effects due to topological spin fluctuations in YMnO$_3$ |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science Other Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11527 |