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Main Authors: Du, Quanchao, Zhang, Zhenlong, Ni, Jinyang, Jiang, Zhijun, Bellaiche, Laurent
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06538
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author Du, Quanchao
Zhang, Zhenlong
Ni, Jinyang
Jiang, Zhijun
Bellaiche, Laurent
author_facet Du, Quanchao
Zhang, Zhenlong
Ni, Jinyang
Jiang, Zhijun
Bellaiche, Laurent
contents Nonreciprocal magnons, characterized by propagation with differing energies along the k and -k directions, are crucial for modern spintronics applications. However, their realization in van der Waals layered antiferromagnets remains elusive. In this letter, we report robust nonreciprocal magnon behavior in layered honeycomb antiferromagnets VPX3(X =S,Se,Te). Our results demonstrate that, in addition to their intrinsic Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI), the nonreciprocity of magnons is strongly influenced by the layer number, interlayer coupling, and magnon-magnon interactions. More importantly, in such layered antiferromagnets, the magnon nonreciprocity exhibits an asymmetric periodic dependence on the Neel vector, offering a novel route for experimentally probing antiferromagnetic order parameters in the 2D limit.
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spellingShingle Nonreciprocal magnons in layered antiferromagnets VPX3(X =S,Se,Te)
Du, Quanchao
Zhang, Zhenlong
Ni, Jinyang
Jiang, Zhijun
Bellaiche, Laurent
Materials Science
Nonreciprocal magnons, characterized by propagation with differing energies along the k and -k directions, are crucial for modern spintronics applications. However, their realization in van der Waals layered antiferromagnets remains elusive. In this letter, we report robust nonreciprocal magnon behavior in layered honeycomb antiferromagnets VPX3(X =S,Se,Te). Our results demonstrate that, in addition to their intrinsic Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI), the nonreciprocity of magnons is strongly influenced by the layer number, interlayer coupling, and magnon-magnon interactions. More importantly, in such layered antiferromagnets, the magnon nonreciprocity exhibits an asymmetric periodic dependence on the Neel vector, offering a novel route for experimentally probing antiferromagnetic order parameters in the 2D limit.
title Nonreciprocal magnons in layered antiferromagnets VPX3(X =S,Se,Te)
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06538