Vacancy-driven inverse Lieb geometry: A general route to $d$-wave altermagnetism in two dimensions
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| author | S, Geethanjali Wakabayashi, Katsunori Mohakud, Sasmita |
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| contents | Vacancy-induced structural reconstruction provides a general microscopic route to $d$-wave altermagnetism in two-dimensional systems. As a concrete realization, reconstructed $\mathrm{V_2X_2}$ ($\mathrm{X}=\mathrm{S}, \mathrm{Se}$) monolayers form an inverse Lieb magnetic network in which two inequivalent edge vanadium sites, related by $C_4$ lattice rotational symmetry and carrying opposite exchange fields, yield zero net magnetization despite broken time-reversal ($\mathcal{T}$) and combined inversion--time-reversal ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetries. Structural stability is confirmed by formation energies, phonon spectra, and $ab$ $ initio$ molecular dynamics simulations at room temperature. A minimal tight-binding model, incorporating anisotropic second-order hopping between the inequivalent magnetic sites mediated by a nonmagnetic corner site, produces spin splitting with a $(\cos k_x - \cos k_y)$ form factor in quantitative agreement with first-principles calculations. The resulting spin splitting is strongly anisotropic, maximized near the $X$ and $Y$ high-symmetry points and exhibiting a symmetry-enforced nodal degeneracy at $M$, consistent with a $d_{x^2-y^2}$ altermagnetic form factor confirmed by the fourfold Fermi surface pattern. These findings establish vacancy-driven reconstruction of an inverse Lieb magnetic network as a general design principle for two-dimensional $d$-wave altermagnets. |
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| spellingShingle | Vacancy-driven inverse Lieb geometry: A general route to $d$-wave altermagnetism in two dimensions S, Geethanjali Wakabayashi, Katsunori Mohakud, Sasmita Strongly Correlated Electrons Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Vacancy-induced structural reconstruction provides a general microscopic route to $d$-wave altermagnetism in two-dimensional systems. As a concrete realization, reconstructed $\mathrm{V_2X_2}$ ($\mathrm{X}=\mathrm{S}, \mathrm{Se}$) monolayers form an inverse Lieb magnetic network in which two inequivalent edge vanadium sites, related by $C_4$ lattice rotational symmetry and carrying opposite exchange fields, yield zero net magnetization despite broken time-reversal ($\mathcal{T}$) and combined inversion--time-reversal ($\mathcal{PT}$) symmetries. Structural stability is confirmed by formation energies, phonon spectra, and $ab$ $ initio$ molecular dynamics simulations at room temperature. A minimal tight-binding model, incorporating anisotropic second-order hopping between the inequivalent magnetic sites mediated by a nonmagnetic corner site, produces spin splitting with a $(\cos k_x - \cos k_y)$ form factor in quantitative agreement with first-principles calculations. The resulting spin splitting is strongly anisotropic, maximized near the $X$ and $Y$ high-symmetry points and exhibiting a symmetry-enforced nodal degeneracy at $M$, consistent with a $d_{x^2-y^2}$ altermagnetic form factor confirmed by the fourfold Fermi surface pattern. These findings establish vacancy-driven reconstruction of an inverse Lieb magnetic network as a general design principle for two-dimensional $d$-wave altermagnets. |
| title | Vacancy-driven inverse Lieb geometry: A general route to $d$-wave altermagnetism in two dimensions |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.10768 |