Floquet engineering spin triplet states in unconventional magnets

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Main Authors: Fu, Pei-Hao, Mondal, Sayan, Liu, Jun-Feng, Tanaka, Yukio, Cayao, Jorge
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author Fu, Pei-Hao
Mondal, Sayan
Liu, Jun-Feng
Tanaka, Yukio
Cayao, Jorge
author_facet Fu, Pei-Hao
Mondal, Sayan
Liu, Jun-Feng
Tanaka, Yukio
Cayao, Jorge
contents We consider unconventional magnets with and without spin-singlet $s$-wave superconductivity and demonstrate the emergence of spin triplet states due to light drives. In particular, we find that a high-frequency linearly polarized light drive induces a spin-triplet density in $d$-wave altermagnets which does not exist in the static regime and can directly reveal the strength of the altermagnetic field. In this high-frequency regime, we also show that linearly polarized light enables the formation of odd-frequency spin-triplet superconducting correlations possessing $d$-wave and $s$-wave parities, which can be controlled by the light drive and accessed by measuring the spin density. Moreover, for low-frequency linearly and circularly polarized light drives, we obtain that the types of superconducting correlations are broadened due to the presence of Floquet bands, enabling spin-triplet pairs in $d$- and $p$-wave unconventional magnets, which are absent in the undriven phase.
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spellingShingle Floquet engineering spin triplet states in unconventional magnets
Fu, Pei-Hao
Mondal, Sayan
Liu, Jun-Feng
Tanaka, Yukio
Cayao, Jorge
Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We consider unconventional magnets with and without spin-singlet $s$-wave superconductivity and demonstrate the emergence of spin triplet states due to light drives. In particular, we find that a high-frequency linearly polarized light drive induces a spin-triplet density in $d$-wave altermagnets which does not exist in the static regime and can directly reveal the strength of the altermagnetic field. In this high-frequency regime, we also show that linearly polarized light enables the formation of odd-frequency spin-triplet superconducting correlations possessing $d$-wave and $s$-wave parities, which can be controlled by the light drive and accessed by measuring the spin density. Moreover, for low-frequency linearly and circularly polarized light drives, we obtain that the types of superconducting correlations are broadened due to the presence of Floquet bands, enabling spin-triplet pairs in $d$- and $p$-wave unconventional magnets, which are absent in the undriven phase.
title Floquet engineering spin triplet states in unconventional magnets
topic Superconductivity
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20205