Orbital Magnetization Reveals Multiband Topology

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Main Authors: Chau, Chun Wang, Slager, Robert-Jan, Jankowski, Wojciech J.
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author Chau, Chun Wang
Slager, Robert-Jan
Jankowski, Wojciech J.
author_facet Chau, Chun Wang
Slager, Robert-Jan
Jankowski, Wojciech J.
contents We demonstrate that nontrivial multiband topological invariants of electronic wavefunctions can be revealed through orbital magnetization responses to external magnetic fields. We find that decomposing orbital magnetization into energetic and quantum-geometric contributions allows one to deduce nontrivial multiband topology, provided knowledge of the energy spectrum. We showcase our findings in general effective models with multiband Euler topology. We moreover identify such multiband topological invariants in effective models of strontium ruthenate ($\text{Sr}_2 \text{Ru} \text{O}_4$), which may in principle be verified in the state-of-the-art doping-dependent magnetization measurements. Our reconstruction scheme for multiband invariants sheds a topological perspective on the multiorbital effects in materials realizing unconventional phenomenologies of orbital currents or multiband superconductivity.
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spellingShingle Orbital Magnetization Reveals Multiband Topology
Chau, Chun Wang
Slager, Robert-Jan
Jankowski, Wojciech J.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
We demonstrate that nontrivial multiband topological invariants of electronic wavefunctions can be revealed through orbital magnetization responses to external magnetic fields. We find that decomposing orbital magnetization into energetic and quantum-geometric contributions allows one to deduce nontrivial multiband topology, provided knowledge of the energy spectrum. We showcase our findings in general effective models with multiband Euler topology. We moreover identify such multiband topological invariants in effective models of strontium ruthenate ($\text{Sr}_2 \text{Ru} \text{O}_4$), which may in principle be verified in the state-of-the-art doping-dependent magnetization measurements. Our reconstruction scheme for multiband invariants sheds a topological perspective on the multiorbital effects in materials realizing unconventional phenomenologies of orbital currents or multiband superconductivity.
title Orbital Magnetization Reveals Multiband Topology
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19690