Highly Efficient Non-relativistic Edelstein effect in p-wave magnets

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Main Authors: Chakraborty, Atasi, Hellenes, Anna Birk, Jaeschke-Ubiergo, Rodrigo, Jungwirth, Tomas, Šmejkal, Libor, Sinova, Jairo
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author Chakraborty, Atasi
Hellenes, Anna Birk
Jaeschke-Ubiergo, Rodrigo
Jungwirth, Tomas
Šmejkal, Libor
Sinova, Jairo
author_facet Chakraborty, Atasi
Hellenes, Anna Birk
Jaeschke-Ubiergo, Rodrigo
Jungwirth, Tomas
Šmejkal, Libor
Sinova, Jairo
contents The origin and efficiency of charge-to-spin conversion, known as the Edelstein effect (EE), has been typically linked to spin-orbit coupling mechanisms, which require materials with heavy elements within a non-centrosymmetric environment. Here we demonstrate that the high efficiency of spin-charge conversion can be achieved even without spin-orbit coupling in the recently identified coplanar p-wave magnets. The non-relativistic Edelstein effect (NREE) in these magnets exhibits a distinct phenomenology compared to the relativistic EE, characterized by a strongly anisotropic response and an out-of-plane polarized spin density resulting from the spin symmetries. We illustrate the NREE through minimal tight-binding models, allowing a direct comparison to different systems. Through first-principles calculations, we further identify the p-wave candidate material CeNiAsO as a high-efficiency NREE material, revealing a 25 times larger response than the maximally achieved relativistic EE and other reported NREE in non-collinear magnetic systems with broken time-reversal symmetry. This highlights the potential for efficient spin-charge conversion in p-wave magnetic systems.
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spellingShingle Highly Efficient Non-relativistic Edelstein effect in p-wave magnets
Chakraborty, Atasi
Hellenes, Anna Birk
Jaeschke-Ubiergo, Rodrigo
Jungwirth, Tomas
Šmejkal, Libor
Sinova, Jairo
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
The origin and efficiency of charge-to-spin conversion, known as the Edelstein effect (EE), has been typically linked to spin-orbit coupling mechanisms, which require materials with heavy elements within a non-centrosymmetric environment. Here we demonstrate that the high efficiency of spin-charge conversion can be achieved even without spin-orbit coupling in the recently identified coplanar p-wave magnets. The non-relativistic Edelstein effect (NREE) in these magnets exhibits a distinct phenomenology compared to the relativistic EE, characterized by a strongly anisotropic response and an out-of-plane polarized spin density resulting from the spin symmetries. We illustrate the NREE through minimal tight-binding models, allowing a direct comparison to different systems. Through first-principles calculations, we further identify the p-wave candidate material CeNiAsO as a high-efficiency NREE material, revealing a 25 times larger response than the maximally achieved relativistic EE and other reported NREE in non-collinear magnetic systems with broken time-reversal symmetry. This highlights the potential for efficient spin-charge conversion in p-wave magnetic systems.
title Highly Efficient Non-relativistic Edelstein effect in p-wave magnets
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.16378