Magnon harmonic generation in antiferromagnets: Dynamical symmetry enriched by symmetry breaking

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jita, Yuto, Kanega, Minoru, Ogawa, Takumi, Furuya, Shunsuke C., Sato, Masahiro
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866914457370755072
author Jita, Yuto
Kanega, Minoru
Ogawa, Takumi
Furuya, Shunsuke C.
Sato, Masahiro
author_facet Jita, Yuto
Kanega, Minoru
Ogawa, Takumi
Furuya, Shunsuke C.
Sato, Masahiro
contents In recent years, techniques of intense THz laser have enabled us to experimentally observe nonlinear spin dynamics in antiferromagnets since the elementary excitations such as magnons reside on a THz to GHz range in antiferromagnets and THz laser thus can directly excite them. We numerically and theoretically investigate THz-laser or GHz-wave driven harmonic generations in typical ordered phases of antiferromagnets: Néel, canted and weak ferromagnetic phases. The radiation waves (harmonic generations) are created by the incident-wave driven magnon dynamics. We point out that magnetic orders and phase transitions can change the spectra of harmonic generations, differently from those of metallic, semiconductor, or atomic-gas systems without (spontaneous) symmetry breakings. We consider both the magnon harmonic generation driven by standard single-color laser and that by two-color laser in the antiferromagnets, and find several dynamical symmetries and the corresponding selection rules of the harmonic generations. These results indicate that the magnon harmonic generation spectra provide new information about symmetry or symmetry breaking of antiferromagnets.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2604_06700
institution arXiv
publishDate 2026
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Magnon harmonic generation in antiferromagnets: Dynamical symmetry enriched by symmetry breaking
Jita, Yuto
Kanega, Minoru
Ogawa, Takumi
Furuya, Shunsuke C.
Sato, Masahiro
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Physics
In recent years, techniques of intense THz laser have enabled us to experimentally observe nonlinear spin dynamics in antiferromagnets since the elementary excitations such as magnons reside on a THz to GHz range in antiferromagnets and THz laser thus can directly excite them. We numerically and theoretically investigate THz-laser or GHz-wave driven harmonic generations in typical ordered phases of antiferromagnets: Néel, canted and weak ferromagnetic phases. The radiation waves (harmonic generations) are created by the incident-wave driven magnon dynamics. We point out that magnetic orders and phase transitions can change the spectra of harmonic generations, differently from those of metallic, semiconductor, or atomic-gas systems without (spontaneous) symmetry breakings. We consider both the magnon harmonic generation driven by standard single-color laser and that by two-color laser in the antiferromagnets, and find several dynamical symmetries and the corresponding selection rules of the harmonic generations. These results indicate that the magnon harmonic generation spectra provide new information about symmetry or symmetry breaking of antiferromagnets.
title Magnon harmonic generation in antiferromagnets: Dynamical symmetry enriched by symmetry breaking
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.06700