Altermagnetic magnon transport in the \textit{d}-wave altermagnet \ch{LuFeO3}

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Main Authors: Galindez-Ruales, Edgar, Yang, Wanting, Dannegger, Tobias, Kundu, Moumita, Köhler, Jonas, Schmitt, Christin, Fuhrmann, Felix, Akashdeep, Akashdeep, Tran, Duc Minh, Ma, Xiaoxuan, Jakob, Gerhard, Cao, Shixun, Nowak, Ulrich, Kläui, Mathias
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author Galindez-Ruales, Edgar
Yang, Wanting
Dannegger, Tobias
Kundu, Moumita
Köhler, Jonas
Schmitt, Christin
Fuhrmann, Felix
Akashdeep, Akashdeep
Tran, Duc Minh
Ma, Xiaoxuan
Jakob, Gerhard
Cao, Shixun
Nowak, Ulrich
Kläui, Mathias
author_facet Galindez-Ruales, Edgar
Yang, Wanting
Dannegger, Tobias
Kundu, Moumita
Köhler, Jonas
Schmitt, Christin
Fuhrmann, Felix
Akashdeep, Akashdeep
Tran, Duc Minh
Ma, Xiaoxuan
Jakob, Gerhard
Cao, Shixun
Nowak, Ulrich
Kläui, Mathias
contents Altermagnets exhibit a spin-split band structure despite having zero net magnetization, leading to special magnonic properties such as anisotropic magnon lifetimes and field-free spin transport. Here, we present a direct experimental demonstration of non-local magnon transport in the \textit{d}-wave altermagnet \ch{LuFeO3}, using both spin Seebeck and spin Hall effect-based injection and detection. We observe a non-local spin signal at zero magnetic field when the transport is along an altermagnetic direction, but not for transport along other directions. The observed sign reversal between two distinct altermagnetic directions in the spin Seebeck response demonstrates the altermagnetic nature of the magnon transport. In contrast, when transport is aligned along or perpendicular to the easy axis, both the first-harmonic signal and the sign-reversal effect vanish, consistent with symmetry-imposed suppression. These findings are supported by atomistic spin dynamics simulations, as well as linear spin wave theory calculations, which explain how our altermagnetic system hosts anisotropic spin Seebeck transport. Our results provide direct evidence of direction-dependent magnon splitting in altermagnets and highlight their potential for field-free magnonic spin transport, offering a promising pathway for low-power spintronic applications.
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spellingShingle Altermagnetic magnon transport in the \textit{d}-wave altermagnet \ch{LuFeO3}
Galindez-Ruales, Edgar
Yang, Wanting
Dannegger, Tobias
Kundu, Moumita
Köhler, Jonas
Schmitt, Christin
Fuhrmann, Felix
Akashdeep, Akashdeep
Tran, Duc Minh
Ma, Xiaoxuan
Jakob, Gerhard
Cao, Shixun
Nowak, Ulrich
Kläui, Mathias
Materials Science
Altermagnets exhibit a spin-split band structure despite having zero net magnetization, leading to special magnonic properties such as anisotropic magnon lifetimes and field-free spin transport. Here, we present a direct experimental demonstration of non-local magnon transport in the \textit{d}-wave altermagnet \ch{LuFeO3}, using both spin Seebeck and spin Hall effect-based injection and detection. We observe a non-local spin signal at zero magnetic field when the transport is along an altermagnetic direction, but not for transport along other directions. The observed sign reversal between two distinct altermagnetic directions in the spin Seebeck response demonstrates the altermagnetic nature of the magnon transport. In contrast, when transport is aligned along or perpendicular to the easy axis, both the first-harmonic signal and the sign-reversal effect vanish, consistent with symmetry-imposed suppression. These findings are supported by atomistic spin dynamics simulations, as well as linear spin wave theory calculations, which explain how our altermagnetic system hosts anisotropic spin Seebeck transport. Our results provide direct evidence of direction-dependent magnon splitting in altermagnets and highlight their potential for field-free magnonic spin transport, offering a promising pathway for low-power spintronic applications.
title Altermagnetic magnon transport in the \textit{d}-wave altermagnet \ch{LuFeO3}
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14569