Giant Uncompensated Magnon Spin Currents in X-type Magnets
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| author | Wang, Zi-An Li, Bo Zhang, Shui-Sen Lu, Wen-Jian Tian, Mingliang Sun, Yu-Ping Tsymbal, Evgeny Y. Wang, Kaiyou Du, Haifeng Shao, Ding-Fu |
| author_facet | Wang, Zi-An Li, Bo Zhang, Shui-Sen Lu, Wen-Jian Tian, Mingliang Sun, Yu-Ping Tsymbal, Evgeny Y. Wang, Kaiyou Du, Haifeng Shao, Ding-Fu |
| contents | Magnon spin currents in insulating magnets are useful for low-power spintronics. However, in magnets stacked by antiferromagnetic (AFM) exchange coupling, which have recently aroused significant interest for potential applications in spintronics, these currents are largely counteracted by opposite magnetic sublattices, thus suppressing their net effect. Contrary to this common observation, here, we show that magnets with X-type AFM stacking, where opposite magnetic sublattices form orthogonal intersecting chains, support giant magnon spin currents with minimal compensation. Our model Hamiltonian calculations predict magnetic chain locking of magnon spin currents in these X-type magnets, significantly reducing their compensation ratio. In addition, the one-dimensional nature of the chain-like magnetic sublattices enhances magnon spin conductivities surpassing those of two-dimensional ferromagnets and canonical altermagnets. Notably, uncompensated X-type magnets, such as odd-layer antiferromagnets and ferrimagnets, can exhibit magnon spin currents polarized opposite to those expected by their net magnetization. These unprecedented properties of X-type magnets, combined with their inherent advantages resulting from AFM coupling, offer a promising new path for low-power high-performance spintronics. |
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| spellingShingle | Giant Uncompensated Magnon Spin Currents in X-type Magnets Wang, Zi-An Li, Bo Zhang, Shui-Sen Lu, Wen-Jian Tian, Mingliang Sun, Yu-Ping Tsymbal, Evgeny Y. Wang, Kaiyou Du, Haifeng Shao, Ding-Fu Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Magnon spin currents in insulating magnets are useful for low-power spintronics. However, in magnets stacked by antiferromagnetic (AFM) exchange coupling, which have recently aroused significant interest for potential applications in spintronics, these currents are largely counteracted by opposite magnetic sublattices, thus suppressing their net effect. Contrary to this common observation, here, we show that magnets with X-type AFM stacking, where opposite magnetic sublattices form orthogonal intersecting chains, support giant magnon spin currents with minimal compensation. Our model Hamiltonian calculations predict magnetic chain locking of magnon spin currents in these X-type magnets, significantly reducing their compensation ratio. In addition, the one-dimensional nature of the chain-like magnetic sublattices enhances magnon spin conductivities surpassing those of two-dimensional ferromagnets and canonical altermagnets. Notably, uncompensated X-type magnets, such as odd-layer antiferromagnets and ferrimagnets, can exhibit magnon spin currents polarized opposite to those expected by their net magnetization. These unprecedented properties of X-type magnets, combined with their inherent advantages resulting from AFM coupling, offer a promising new path for low-power high-performance spintronics. |
| title | Giant Uncompensated Magnon Spin Currents in X-type Magnets |
| topic | Materials Science Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.13511 |