Detection and control of electronic orbital magnetism by spin waves in honeycomb ferromagnets
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| author | Zhang, Lichuan Zhang, Lu Go, Dongwook Niu, Chengwang Wulfhekel, Wulf Li, Peng Chen, Yuanping Mokrousov, Yuriy Zhang, Lizhi |
| author_facet | Zhang, Lichuan Zhang, Lu Go, Dongwook Niu, Chengwang Wulfhekel, Wulf Li, Peng Chen, Yuanping Mokrousov, Yuriy Zhang, Lizhi |
| contents | Exploring and manipulating the orbital degrees of freedom in solids has become a fascinating research topic in modern magnetism. Here, we demonstrate that spin waves can provide a way to control electronic orbital magnetism by the mechanism of scalar spin chirality, allowing for experimental detection using techniques such as the magneto-optical Kerr effect and scanning transmission electron microscopy. By applying linear spin wave theory, we uncover that electronic magnon-driven orbital magnetization is extremely sensitive to the character of the magnonic excitations. Furthermore, we show that both the induced electronic orbital magnetism and the Nernst transport properties of the orbital angular momentum can be regulated by the strength of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, Kitaev interaction, as well as the direction and magnitude of the external magnetic field. We argue that magnon-mediated electronic orbital magnetism presents an emergent variable which has to be taken into account when considering the physics of coupling magnonic excitiations to phonons and light. |
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| spellingShingle | Detection and control of electronic orbital magnetism by spin waves in honeycomb ferromagnets Zhang, Lichuan Zhang, Lu Go, Dongwook Niu, Chengwang Wulfhekel, Wulf Li, Peng Chen, Yuanping Mokrousov, Yuriy Zhang, Lizhi Strongly Correlated Electrons Exploring and manipulating the orbital degrees of freedom in solids has become a fascinating research topic in modern magnetism. Here, we demonstrate that spin waves can provide a way to control electronic orbital magnetism by the mechanism of scalar spin chirality, allowing for experimental detection using techniques such as the magneto-optical Kerr effect and scanning transmission electron microscopy. By applying linear spin wave theory, we uncover that electronic magnon-driven orbital magnetization is extremely sensitive to the character of the magnonic excitations. Furthermore, we show that both the induced electronic orbital magnetism and the Nernst transport properties of the orbital angular momentum can be regulated by the strength of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, Kitaev interaction, as well as the direction and magnitude of the external magnetic field. We argue that magnon-mediated electronic orbital magnetism presents an emergent variable which has to be taken into account when considering the physics of coupling magnonic excitiations to phonons and light. |
| title | Detection and control of electronic orbital magnetism by spin waves in honeycomb ferromagnets |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.09389 |