Chiral Phonons Enhance Ferromagnetism

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Autori principali: Fransson, Jonas, Kapon, Yael, Brann, Lilach, Yochelis, Shira, Sasselov, Dimitar D., Paltiel, Yossi, Ozturk, S. Furkan
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author Fransson, Jonas
Kapon, Yael
Brann, Lilach
Yochelis, Shira
Sasselov, Dimitar D.
Paltiel, Yossi
Ozturk, S. Furkan
author_facet Fransson, Jonas
Kapon, Yael
Brann, Lilach
Yochelis, Shira
Sasselov, Dimitar D.
Paltiel, Yossi
Ozturk, S. Furkan
contents Recent experiments suggest that the conditions for ferromagnetic order in, e.g., magnetite, can be modified by adsorption of chiral molecules. Especially, the coercivity of magnetite was increased by nearly 100 \%, or 20 times the earth magnetic flux density, at room temperature. The coercivity was, moreover, demonstrated to increase linearly with temperature in a finite range around room temperature. Based on these results, a mechanism is proposed for providing the necessary enhancement of the magnetic anisotropy. It is shown that nuclear vibrations (phonons) coupled to ferromagnetic spin excitations (magnons) absorb the thermal energy in the system, thereby diverting the excess energy that otherwise would excite magnons in the ferromagnet. This energy diversion, not only restores the ferromagnetic order but also enhances its stability by increasing the anisotropy energy for magnon excitations. The coupling between phonons with magnons is enabled by chirality due to the lack of inversion symmetry.
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spellingShingle Chiral Phonons Enhance Ferromagnetism
Fransson, Jonas
Kapon, Yael
Brann, Lilach
Yochelis, Shira
Sasselov, Dimitar D.
Paltiel, Yossi
Ozturk, S. Furkan
Materials Science
Chemical Physics
Recent experiments suggest that the conditions for ferromagnetic order in, e.g., magnetite, can be modified by adsorption of chiral molecules. Especially, the coercivity of magnetite was increased by nearly 100 \%, or 20 times the earth magnetic flux density, at room temperature. The coercivity was, moreover, demonstrated to increase linearly with temperature in a finite range around room temperature. Based on these results, a mechanism is proposed for providing the necessary enhancement of the magnetic anisotropy. It is shown that nuclear vibrations (phonons) coupled to ferromagnetic spin excitations (magnons) absorb the thermal energy in the system, thereby diverting the excess energy that otherwise would excite magnons in the ferromagnet. This energy diversion, not only restores the ferromagnetic order but also enhances its stability by increasing the anisotropy energy for magnon excitations. The coupling between phonons with magnons is enabled by chirality due to the lack of inversion symmetry.
title Chiral Phonons Enhance Ferromagnetism
topic Materials Science
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.13787