Chirality and polarization of inertial antiferromagnetic resonances driven by spin-orbit torques

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Main Authors: He, Peng-Bin, Wang, Ri-Xing, Li, Zai-Dong, Cherkasskii, Mikhail
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author He, Peng-Bin
Wang, Ri-Xing
Li, Zai-Dong
Cherkasskii, Mikhail
author_facet He, Peng-Bin
Wang, Ri-Xing
Li, Zai-Dong
Cherkasskii, Mikhail
contents It is widely accepted that the handedness of a resonant mode is an intrinsic property. We show that, by tailoring the polarization and handedness of alternating spin-orbit torques used as the driving force, the polarization state and handedness of inertial resonant modes in an antiferromagnet (AFM) can be actively controlled. In contrast with ferromagnets, whose resonant-mode polarization is essentially fixed, AFM inertial modes can continuously evolve from elliptic through circular to linear polarization as the driving polarization is varied. We further identify an inertia-dependent critical degree of driving polarization at which the mode becomes linearly polarized while its handedness reverses.
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spellingShingle Chirality and polarization of inertial antiferromagnetic resonances driven by spin-orbit torques
He, Peng-Bin
Wang, Ri-Xing
Li, Zai-Dong
Cherkasskii, Mikhail
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
It is widely accepted that the handedness of a resonant mode is an intrinsic property. We show that, by tailoring the polarization and handedness of alternating spin-orbit torques used as the driving force, the polarization state and handedness of inertial resonant modes in an antiferromagnet (AFM) can be actively controlled. In contrast with ferromagnets, whose resonant-mode polarization is essentially fixed, AFM inertial modes can continuously evolve from elliptic through circular to linear polarization as the driving polarization is varied. We further identify an inertia-dependent critical degree of driving polarization at which the mode becomes linearly polarized while its handedness reverses.
title Chirality and polarization of inertial antiferromagnetic resonances driven by spin-orbit torques
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10323