Realizing Altermagnetism in Fermi-Hubbard Models with Ultracold Atoms

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Main Authors: Das, Purnendu, Leeb, Valentin, Knolle, Johannes, Knap, Michael
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author Das, Purnendu
Leeb, Valentin
Knolle, Johannes
Knap, Michael
author_facet Das, Purnendu
Leeb, Valentin
Knolle, Johannes
Knap, Michael
contents Altermagnetism represents a type of collinear magnetism, that is in some aspects distinct from ferromagnetism and from conventional antiferromagnetism. In contrast to the latter, sublattices of opposite spin are related by spatial rotations and not only by translations and inversions. As a result, altermagnets have spin-split bands leading to unique experimental signatures. Here, we show theoretically how a d-wave altermagnetic phase can be realized with ultracold fermionic atoms in optical lattices. We propose an altermagnetic Hubbard model with anisotropic next-nearest neighbor hopping and obtain the Hartree-Fock phase diagram. The altermagnetic phase separates in a metallic and an insulating phase and is robust over a large parameter regime. We show that one of the defining characteristics of altermagnetism, the anisotropic spin transport, can be probed with trap-expansion experiments.
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spellingShingle Realizing Altermagnetism in Fermi-Hubbard Models with Ultracold Atoms
Das, Purnendu
Leeb, Valentin
Knolle, Johannes
Knap, Michael
Quantum Gases
Statistical Mechanics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
Altermagnetism represents a type of collinear magnetism, that is in some aspects distinct from ferromagnetism and from conventional antiferromagnetism. In contrast to the latter, sublattices of opposite spin are related by spatial rotations and not only by translations and inversions. As a result, altermagnets have spin-split bands leading to unique experimental signatures. Here, we show theoretically how a d-wave altermagnetic phase can be realized with ultracold fermionic atoms in optical lattices. We propose an altermagnetic Hubbard model with anisotropic next-nearest neighbor hopping and obtain the Hartree-Fock phase diagram. The altermagnetic phase separates in a metallic and an insulating phase and is robust over a large parameter regime. We show that one of the defining characteristics of altermagnetism, the anisotropic spin transport, can be probed with trap-expansion experiments.
title Realizing Altermagnetism in Fermi-Hubbard Models with Ultracold Atoms
topic Quantum Gases
Statistical Mechanics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.10151