Orbital-Zeeman cross correlation in $p$- and $d$-wave altermagnets

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Main Authors: Mizoguchi, Tomonari, Ozaki, Soshun
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Published: 2026
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author Mizoguchi, Tomonari
Ozaki, Soshun
author_facet Mizoguchi, Tomonari
Ozaki, Soshun
contents Altermagnets are a novel class of magnets that exhibit a large spin splitting but the total magnetic moment is vanishing. This unconventional spin splitting gives rise to various characteristic phenomena, such as spin current generation. In this paper, we study the orbital-Zeeman (OZ) cross term in altermagnets. Specifically, we consider the Rashba metal and the surface Dirac cones of three-dimensional topological insulators (TIs) in the presence of the altermagnetic order parameters. For the Rashba metals, the $p$-wave order parameter exerts only a limited influence on the OZ term, whereas the $d$-wave one causes the sign change of it when the order parameter becomes sufficiently large. For the TI surface, the $p$-wave order parameter retains the step-function-type dependence of the OZ term as a function of the chemical potential ($μ$) associated with the jump at $μ=0$, observed in the TI surface without magnetism, but its magnitude is reduced. For the $d$-wave case, the magnitude of jump at $μ=0$ is preserved but the OZ term decreases as increasing $|μ|$.
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spellingShingle Orbital-Zeeman cross correlation in $p$- and $d$-wave altermagnets
Mizoguchi, Tomonari
Ozaki, Soshun
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Altermagnets are a novel class of magnets that exhibit a large spin splitting but the total magnetic moment is vanishing. This unconventional spin splitting gives rise to various characteristic phenomena, such as spin current generation. In this paper, we study the orbital-Zeeman (OZ) cross term in altermagnets. Specifically, we consider the Rashba metal and the surface Dirac cones of three-dimensional topological insulators (TIs) in the presence of the altermagnetic order parameters. For the Rashba metals, the $p$-wave order parameter exerts only a limited influence on the OZ term, whereas the $d$-wave one causes the sign change of it when the order parameter becomes sufficiently large. For the TI surface, the $p$-wave order parameter retains the step-function-type dependence of the OZ term as a function of the chemical potential ($μ$) associated with the jump at $μ=0$, observed in the TI surface without magnetism, but its magnitude is reduced. For the $d$-wave case, the magnitude of jump at $μ=0$ is preserved but the OZ term decreases as increasing $|μ|$.
title Orbital-Zeeman cross correlation in $p$- and $d$-wave altermagnets
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.09325