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author Mazzola, Federico
Brzezicki, Wojciech
Bigi, Chiara
Consiglio, Armando
Onofrio, Luciano Jacopo D'
Mercaldo, Maria Teresa
Kłosiński, Adam
Bertran, François
Fèvre, Patrick Le
Clark, Oliver J.
Edmonds, Mark T.
Tuniz, Manuel
De Vita, Alessandro
Polewczyk, Vincent
Jacobsen, Jeppe B.
Jacobsen, Henrik
Miwa, Jill A.
Wells, Justin W.
Jana, Anupam
Vobornik, Ivana
Fujii, Jun
Mignani, Niccolò
Tarakameh, Narges Samani
Crepaldi, Alberto
Sangiovanni, Giorgio
Kataria, Anshu
Morresi, Tommaso
Sanna, Samuele
Bonfá, Pietro
Ortiz, Brenden R.
Pokharel, Ganesh
Wilson, Stephen D.
Di Sante, Domenico
Ortix, Carmine
Cuoco, Mario
author_facet Mazzola, Federico
Brzezicki, Wojciech
Bigi, Chiara
Consiglio, Armando
Onofrio, Luciano Jacopo D'
Mercaldo, Maria Teresa
Kłosiński, Adam
Bertran, François
Fèvre, Patrick Le
Clark, Oliver J.
Edmonds, Mark T.
Tuniz, Manuel
De Vita, Alessandro
Polewczyk, Vincent
Jacobsen, Jeppe B.
Jacobsen, Henrik
Miwa, Jill A.
Wells, Justin W.
Jana, Anupam
Vobornik, Ivana
Fujii, Jun
Mignani, Niccolò
Tarakameh, Narges Samani
Crepaldi, Alberto
Sangiovanni, Giorgio
Kataria, Anshu
Morresi, Tommaso
Sanna, Samuele
Bonfá, Pietro
Ortiz, Brenden R.
Pokharel, Ganesh
Wilson, Stephen D.
Di Sante, Domenico
Ortix, Carmine
Cuoco, Mario
contents The kagome lattice stands as a rich platform for hosting a wide array of correlated quantum phenomena, ranging from charge density waves and superconductivity to electron nematicity and loop current states. Direct detection of loop currents in kagome systems has remained a formidable challenge due to their intricate spatial arrangements and the weak magnetic field signatures they produce. This has left their existence and underlying mechanisms a topic of intense debate. In this work, we uncover a hallmark reconcilable with loop currents: spin handedness-selective signals that surpass conventional dichroic, spin, and spin-dichroic responses. We observe this phenomenon in the kagome metal CsTi$_3$Bi$_5$ and we call it the anomalous spin-optical helical effect. This effect arises from the coupling of light' s helicity with spin-orbital electron correlations, providing a groundbreaking method to visualize loop currents in quantum materials. Our discovery not only enriches the debate surrounding loop currents but also paves the way for new strategies to exploit the electronic phases of quantum materials via light-matter interaction.
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spellingShingle Anomalous spin-optical helical effect in Ti-based kagome metal
Mazzola, Federico
Brzezicki, Wojciech
Bigi, Chiara
Consiglio, Armando
Onofrio, Luciano Jacopo D'
Mercaldo, Maria Teresa
Kłosiński, Adam
Bertran, François
Fèvre, Patrick Le
Clark, Oliver J.
Edmonds, Mark T.
Tuniz, Manuel
De Vita, Alessandro
Polewczyk, Vincent
Jacobsen, Jeppe B.
Jacobsen, Henrik
Miwa, Jill A.
Wells, Justin W.
Jana, Anupam
Vobornik, Ivana
Fujii, Jun
Mignani, Niccolò
Tarakameh, Narges Samani
Crepaldi, Alberto
Sangiovanni, Giorgio
Kataria, Anshu
Morresi, Tommaso
Sanna, Samuele
Bonfá, Pietro
Ortiz, Brenden R.
Pokharel, Ganesh
Wilson, Stephen D.
Di Sante, Domenico
Ortix, Carmine
Cuoco, Mario
Strongly Correlated Electrons
The kagome lattice stands as a rich platform for hosting a wide array of correlated quantum phenomena, ranging from charge density waves and superconductivity to electron nematicity and loop current states. Direct detection of loop currents in kagome systems has remained a formidable challenge due to their intricate spatial arrangements and the weak magnetic field signatures they produce. This has left their existence and underlying mechanisms a topic of intense debate. In this work, we uncover a hallmark reconcilable with loop currents: spin handedness-selective signals that surpass conventional dichroic, spin, and spin-dichroic responses. We observe this phenomenon in the kagome metal CsTi$_3$Bi$_5$ and we call it the anomalous spin-optical helical effect. This effect arises from the coupling of light' s helicity with spin-orbital electron correlations, providing a groundbreaking method to visualize loop currents in quantum materials. Our discovery not only enriches the debate surrounding loop currents but also paves the way for new strategies to exploit the electronic phases of quantum materials via light-matter interaction.
title Anomalous spin-optical helical effect in Ti-based kagome metal
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.19589