The magnons(the quanta of collective spin-wave excitations)in two-dimensional van der Waals(vd W)magnets exhibit some intriguing characteristics,such as spin Nernst effect,topological magnons,Weyl magnons,moiréma...The magnons(the quanta of collective spin-wave excitations)in two-dimensional van der Waals(vd W)magnets exhibit some intriguing characteristics,such as spin Nernst effect,topological magnons,Weyl magnons,moirémagnons,magnon valley Hall effect,etc.,and can be regulated through approaches such as stacking,electric doping,pressure,strain and twisting,opening unprecedented avenues to explore fundamental magnetic physics and spin-based technologies.Over the past few years,intense research efforts have been invested in unraveling magnon properties in vd W materials.This review comprehensively summarizes recent advancements in understanding magnons in vd W magnetic systems,spanning fundamental theories and experimental frontiers.It also introduces the experimental techniques widely used in this field,including inelastic neutron scattering,Raman/Brillouin spectroscopy,time-resolved spectroscopy and inelastic magnetotunneling spectroscopy,and discusses the coupling between magnons and other excitations,such as phonons and excitons.展开更多
Strong coupling effects in magnonic systems are highly promising.They combine the advantages of different quasiparticles and enable energy transfer for coherent information processing.When driven by microwave,electric...Strong coupling effects in magnonic systems are highly promising.They combine the advantages of different quasiparticles and enable energy transfer for coherent information processing.When driven by microwave,electric,or optical pumps,these coupling effects can give rise to intriguing nonlinear phenomena,which have become a focal point in the field of magnonics.This review systematically explores pump-engineered magnon-coupling systems from three perspectives:(1)pump-induced hybridization of magnon modes,(2)nonlinear manipulation of magnon dynamics,and(3)implementation of functional magnonic devices.Unlike conventional cavity-magnon interactions that are constrained by electromagnetic boundaries,pumped coupled magnons are liberated from these restrictions.They can operate over a broad frequency band rather than being confined to discrete modes.An example is the recently discovered pump-induced magnon mode(PIM).These magnons arise from the collective excitations of unsaturated spins driven by microwave pumps.They exhibit reduced damping and photon-number-sensitive splitting characteristics,facilitating waveform-controlled coupling strength and enhanced nonlinearity—features that support phenomena such as magnonic frequency combs(MFCs).By expanding this principle to electric pumping schemes,we bridge fundamental physics and practical device applications,enabling nonreciprocal switching and meter-scale strong coupling.These advances establish high-dimensional control capabilities for coupled magnonics and pave the way for their use as a promising platform for dynamically programmable devices,magnetic-field sensing,and coherent networks.展开更多
This work is devoted to studying the magnon-magnon interaction effect in a two-dimensional checkerboard ferromagnet with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction.Using a first-order Green function method,we analyze the i...This work is devoted to studying the magnon-magnon interaction effect in a two-dimensional checkerboard ferromagnet with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction.Using a first-order Green function method,we analyze the influence of magnon-magnon interaction on the magnon band topology.We find that Chern numbers of two renormalized magnon bands are different above and below the critical temperature,which means that the magnon band gap-closing phenomenon is an indicator for one topological phase transition of the checkerboard ferromagnet.Our results show that the checkerboard ferromagnet possesses two topological phases,and its topological phase can be controlled either via the temperature or the applied magnetic field due to magnon-magnon interactions.Interestingly,it is found that the topological phase transition can occur twice with the increase in the temperature,which is different from the results of the honeycomb ferromagnet.展开更多
We show that a suitable combination of flat-band ferromagnetism,geometry and nontrivial electronic band topology can give rise to itinerant topological magnons.An SU(2) symmetric topological Hubbard model with nearly ...We show that a suitable combination of flat-band ferromagnetism,geometry and nontrivial electronic band topology can give rise to itinerant topological magnons.An SU(2) symmetric topological Hubbard model with nearly flat electronic bands,on a Kagome lattice,is considered as the prototype.This model exhibits ferromagnetic order when the lowest electronic band is half-filled.Using the numerical exact diagonalization method with a projection onto this nearly flat band,we can obtain the magnonic spectra.In the flat-band limit,the spectra exhibit distinct dispersions with Dirac points,similar to those of free electrons with isotropic hoppings,or a local spin magnet with pure ferromagnetic Heisenberg exchanges on the same geometry.Significantly,the non-flatness of the electronic band may induce a topological gap at the Dirac points,leading to a magnonic band with a nonzero Chern number.More intriguingly,this magnonic Chern number changes its sign when the topological index of the electronic band is reversed,suggesting that the nontrivial topology of the magnonic band is related to its underlying electronic band.Our work suggests interesting directions for the further exploration of,and searches for,itinerant topological magnons.展开更多
We study the topological properties of magnon excitations in a wide class of three-dimensional （3D） honeycomb lattices with ferromagnetic ground states. It is found that they host nodal ring magnon excitations. Thes...We study the topological properties of magnon excitations in a wide class of three-dimensional （3D） honeycomb lattices with ferromagnetic ground states. It is found that they host nodal ring magnon excitations. These rings locate on the same plane in the momentum space. The nodal ring degeneracy can be lifted by the Dzyaloshinskii- Moriya interactions to form two Weyl points with opposite charges. We explicitly discuss these physics in the simplest 3D honeycomb lattice and the hyperhoneycomb lattice, and show drumhead and are surface states in the nodal ring and Weyl phases, respectively, due to the bulk-boundary correspondence.展开更多
In this paper, we conduct an investigation into magnon self-squeezing states in a ferromagnet. In these states, the quantum fluctuations of the spin components can be lower than the zero-point quantum fluctuations of ...In this paper, we conduct an investigation into magnon self-squeezing states in a ferromagnet. In these states, the quantum fluctuations of the spin components can be lower than the zero-point quantum fluctuations of the coherent states. Through calculating the expectation values of spin fluctuations we gain the condition of achieving magnon self-squeezing. We introduce the mean-field theory for dealing with the nonlinear interaction term of Hamiltonian of magnon system.展开更多
Topological magnons give rise to possibilities for engineering novel spintronics devices with critical applications in quantum information and computation,due to their symmetry-protected robustness and low dissipation...Topological magnons give rise to possibilities for engineering novel spintronics devices with critical applications in quantum information and computation,due to their symmetry-protected robustness and low dissipation.However,to make reliable and systematic predictions about the material realization of topological magnons has been a major challenge,due to the lack of neutron scattering data formost materials and the absence of reliable ab initio calculations for magnons.In this work,we significantly advance the symmetry-based approach for identifying topological magnons through developing a fully automated algorithm,utilizing the theory of symmetry indicators,that enables a highly efficient and large-scale search for candidate materials hosting perturbation-driven topological magnons.This progress not only streamlines the discovery process but also expands the scope of materials exploration beyond previous manual or traditional approaches,offering a powerful tool for uncovering novel topological phases in magnetic systems.Performing a large-scale search over all 1649 magnetic materials in the Bilbao Crystallographic Server(BCS)with a commensurate magnetic order,we discover 387 perturbation-induced topological magnon materials,significantly expanding the pool of topological magnon materials and showing that more than 23%of all commensurate magnetic compounds in the BCS database are topological.We further discuss examples and experimental accessibility of the candidate materials,shedding light on future experimental realizations of topological magnons in magnetic materials.We provide an open-source program that checks the symmetry-enforced magnon band topology of any commensurate magnetic structure upon perturbations and allows researchers to reproduce our results.展开更多
Spin excitations play a fundamental role in understanding magnetic properties of materials,and have significant technological implications for magnonic devices.However,accurately modeling these in transition-metal and...Spin excitations play a fundamental role in understanding magnetic properties of materials,and have significant technological implications for magnonic devices.However,accurately modeling these in transition-metal and rare-earth compounds remains a formidable challenge.Here,we present a fully first-principles approach for calculating spin-wave spectra based on time-dependent(TD)density-functional perturbation theory(DFPT),using nonempirical Hubbard functionals.This approach is implemented in a general noncollinear formulation,enabling the study of magnons in both collinear and noncollinear magnetic systems.Unlike methods that rely on empirical Hubbard U parameters to describe the ground state,and Heisenberg Hamiltonians for describing magnetic excitations,the methodology developed here probes directly the dynamical spin susceptibility(efficiently evaluated with TDDFPT throught the Liouville-Lanczos approach),and treats the linear variation of the Hubbard augmentation(in itself calculated non-empirically)in full at a self-consistent level.Furthermore,the method satisfies the Goldstone condition without requiring empirical rescaling of the exchange-correlation kernel or explicit enforcement of sum rules,in contrast to existing state-of-the-art techniques.We benchmark the novel computational scheme on prototypical transition-metal monoxides NiO and MnO,showing remarkable agreement with experiments and highlighting the fundamental role of these newly implemented Hubbard corrections.The method holds great promise for describing collective spin excitations in complex materials containing localized electronic states.展开更多
Magnons—quantized spin-wave excitations of ordered magnets—offer an electrically neutral,low-dissipation channel for carrying spin angular momentum.This makes them highly attractive for next-generation information p...Magnons—quantized spin-wave excitations of ordered magnets—offer an electrically neutral,low-dissipation channel for carrying spin angular momentum.This makes them highly attractive for next-generation information processing.Non-local magnon transport setup[1](Figure 1),in particular,has emerged as a sensitive,symmetry-resolving probe for the magnon transport:a charge/spin current at an injector contact creates magnons thermally or coherently;they diffuse through a magnetic insulator and are converted back into an electrical signal at a detector by the spin Seebeck effect and inverse spin Hall effects.The sign and magnitude of the non-local voltage measured at the detector,normalized by the injection current,encode both the efficiency of magnon transport and the orientation of their angular momentum.Conventionally,thermally excited magnons carry angular momentum opposite to the net magnetization or the applied field.展开更多
In physics,our expectations for system behavior are often guided by intuitive arithmetic.For systems composed of identical units,we anticipate synergy of the contributions from these units,where 1+1=2.Conversely,for s...In physics,our expectations for system behavior are often guided by intuitive arithmetic.For systems composed of identical units,we anticipate synergy of the contributions from these units,where 1+1=2.Conversely,for systems built from opposing units,we expect cancellation of their contributions,where 1-1=0.This intuitive arithmetic has long underpinned our understanding of physical properties of materials,from electronic transport to optical responses.However,scientific breakthroughs often occur when nature reveals ways to circumvent these seemingly fundamental rules,opening new possibilities that challenge our deepest assumptions about material behavior.展开更多
Based on the Smit-Suhl formula,we propose a universal approach for solving the magnon-magnon coupling problem in bilayer coupled systems(e.g.,antiferromagnets).This method requires only the energy expression,enabling ...Based on the Smit-Suhl formula,we propose a universal approach for solving the magnon-magnon coupling problem in bilayer coupled systems(e.g.,antiferromagnets).This method requires only the energy expression,enabling the automatic derivation of analytical expressions for the eigenmatrix elements via symbolic computation,eliminating the need for tedious manual calculations.Using this approach,we investigate the impact of magnetic hysteresis on magnon-magnon coupling in a system with interlayer Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction(DMI).The magnetic hysteresis leads to an asymmetric magnetic field dependence of the resonance frequency and alters the number of degeneracy points between the pure optical and acoustic modes.Moreover,it can result in the coupling strength at the gap of the f–H phase diagram being nearly vanishing,contrary to the conventionally expected maximum.These results deepen the understanding of the effect of interlayer DMI on magnon–magnon coupling and the proposed universal method significantly streamlines the solving process of magnon–magnon coupling problems.展开更多
Thermoelectric materials,capable of converting temperature gradients into electrical power,have been traditionally limited by a trade-off between thermopower and electrical conductivity.This study introduces a novel,b...Thermoelectric materials,capable of converting temperature gradients into electrical power,have been traditionally limited by a trade-off between thermopower and electrical conductivity.This study introduces a novel,broadly applicable approach that enhances both the spin-driven thermopower and the thermoelectric figure-of-merit(zT)without compromising electrical conductivity,using temperature-driven spin crossover.Our approach,supported by both theoretical and experimental evidence,is demonstrated through a case study of chromium doped-manganese telluride,but is not confined to this material and can be extended to other magnetic materials.By introducing dopants to create a high crystal field and exploiting the entropy changes associated with temperature-driven spin crossover,we achieved a significant increase in thermopower,by approximately 136μV K^(-1),representing more than a 200%enhancement at elevated temperatures within the paramagnetic domain.Our exploration of the bipolar semiconducting nature of these materials reveals that suppressing bipolar magnon/paramagnon-drag thermopower is key to understanding and utilizing spin crossover-driven thermopower.These findings,validated by inelastic neutron scattering,X-ray photoemission spectroscopy,thermal transport,and energy conversion measurements,shed light on crucial material design parameters.We provide a comprehensive framework that analyzes the interplay between spin entropy,hopping transport,and magnon/paramagnon lifetimes,paving the way for the development of high-performance spin-driven thermoelectric materials.展开更多
We present protocols to generate quantum entanglement on nonlocal magnons in hybrid systems composed of yttrium iron garnet(YIG)spheres,microwave cavities and a superconducting(SC)qubit.In the schemes,the YIGs are cou...We present protocols to generate quantum entanglement on nonlocal magnons in hybrid systems composed of yttrium iron garnet(YIG)spheres,microwave cavities and a superconducting(SC)qubit.In the schemes,the YIGs are coupled to respective microwave cavities in resonant way,and the SC qubit is placed at the center of the cavities,which interacts with the cavities simultaneously.By exchanging the virtual photon,the cavities can indirectly interact in the far-detuning regime.Detailed protocols are presented to establish entanglement for two,three and arbitrary N magnons with reasonable fidelities.展开更多
The generation and manipulation of strong entanglement and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen(EPR)steering in macroscopic systems are outstanding challenges in modern physics.Especially,the observation of asymmetric EPR steering...The generation and manipulation of strong entanglement and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen(EPR)steering in macroscopic systems are outstanding challenges in modern physics.Especially,the observation of asymmetric EPR steering is important for both its fundamental role in interpreting the nature of quantum mechanics and its application as resource for the tasks where the levels of trust at different parties are highly asymmetric.Here,we study the entanglement and EPR steering between two macroscopic magnons in a hybrid ferrimagnet—light system.In the absence of light,the two types of magnons on the two sublattices can be entangled,but no quantum steering occurs when they are damped with the same rates.In the presence of the cavity field,the entanglement can be significantly enhanced,and strong two-way asymmetric quantum steering appears between two magnons with equal dissipation.This is very different from the conventional protocols to produce asymmetric steering by imposing additional unbalanced losses or noises on the two parties at the cost of reducing steerability.The essential physics is well understood by the unbalanced population of acoustic and optical magnons under the cooling effect of cavity photons.Our finding may provide a novel platform to manipulate the quantum steering and the detection of bi-party steering provides a knob to probe the magnetic damping on each sublattice of a magnet.展开更多
Altermagnets,a new type of collinear antiferromagnet,exhibiting non-degenerate electron and magnon dispersion in momentum space have attracted intensive research attention.We theoretically analyze the origin and featu...Altermagnets,a new type of collinear antiferromagnet,exhibiting non-degenerate electron and magnon dispersion in momentum space have attracted intensive research attention.We theoretically analyze the origin and feature of chiral magnon splitting in representative altermagnets including tetragonal RuO_(2),hexagonal MnTe,and orthorhombic LaMnO_(3).The magnon spin transport properties including spin Seebeck and spin Nernst coefcients have been investigated.Through these materials,we demonstrate the diference of chiral splitting in d-wave and g-wave antiferromagnet on magnon transport.RuO2with planar magnon splitting exhibits signifcant magnon spin Nernst and magnon spin Seebeck anisotropy in(110)and(001)planes,whereas MnTe,due to its bulk-like magnon splitting,is incapable of producing magnon spin Nernst efect.Our work may provide in-depth understanding on the mechanisms of nonrelativistic magnon splitting and thermal spin transport in altermagnets.展开更多
Magnon spin currents in insulating magnets are useful for low-power spintronics. However, in magnets stacked by antiferromagnetic(AFM) exchange coupling, which have recently aroused significant interest for potential ...Magnon spin currents in insulating magnets are useful for low-power spintronics. However, in magnets stacked by antiferromagnetic(AFM) exchange coupling, which have recently aroused significant interest for potential applications in spintronics, Bose–Einstein distribution populates magnon states across all energies from opposite eigenmodes, and hence the magnon spin current is largely compensated. Contrary to this common observation,here, we show that magnets with X-type AFM stacking, where opposite magnetic sublattices form orthogonal intersecting chains, support giant magnon spin currents with minimal compensation. Our model Hamiltonian calculations predict magnetic chain locking of magnon spin currents in these X-type magnets, significantly reducing their compensation ratio. In addition, the one-dimensional nature of the chain-like magnetic sublattices enhances magnon spin conductivities surpassing those of two-dimensional ferromagnets and canonical altermagnets. Notably, uncompensated X-type magnets, such as odd-layer antiferromagnets and ferrimagnets, can exhibit magnon spin currents polarized opposite to those expected by their net magnetization. These unprecedented properties of X-type magnets, combined with their inherent advantages resulting from AFM coupling, offer a promising new path for low-power high-performance spintronics.展开更多
Dispersion characteristics of magnonic crystals have attracted considerable attention because of the potential applications for spin-wave devices.In this work,we investigated the strain-manipulated dispersion characte...Dispersion characteristics of magnonic crystals have attracted considerable attention because of the potential applications for spin-wave devices.In this work,we investigated the strain-manipulated dispersion characteristics of magnonic crystals with Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction(DMI)and discussed the potential applications in spin-wave devices.Here,the ground states and stabilities of the magnonic crystals were investigated.Then,the strain-manipulated dispersion characteristics of the magnonic crystals based on domains and skyrmions were studied.The simulation results indicated that,the applied strain could manipulate the band widths and the positions of the allowed frequency bands.Finally,the realization of magnonic crystal heterojunctions and potential applications in spin-wave devices,such as filters,diodes,and transistors based on strain-manipulated magnonic crystals were proposed.Our research provides a theoretical foundation for designing tunable spin-wave devices based on strain-manipulated magnonic crystals with DMI.展开更多
Magnetic nanostructures with nonhomogeneous magnetic properties exhibit distinct magnon modes,and their interactions are crucial for understanding magnetization dynamics.In this work,we numerically investigate the mag...Magnetic nanostructures with nonhomogeneous magnetic properties exhibit distinct magnon modes,and their interactions are crucial for understanding magnetization dynamics.In this work,we numerically investigate the magnon-magnon coupling in a nanodisk with radially varying magnetic anisotropy by using micromagnetic simulations.By introducing perpendicular magnetic anisotropy into the inner region of the nanodisk,a radially chiral spin texture is observed.The presence of the chiral spin texture results in coupling between the ferromagnetic resonance mode of the whole disk and the higher-order confined modes in the outer region.Moreover,we find that the coupling strength is highly sensitive to the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy,the saturation magnetization,and the interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction.Our findings could enrich the understanding of the dynamic characteristics of chiral nanomagnets and suggest a possible route to harnessing tunable magnon-magnon coupling for spin-based quantum information processing.展开更多
The growing demand for artificial intelligence and complex computing has underscored the urgent need for advanced data storage technologies.Spin-orbit torque(SOT)has emerged as a leading candidate for high-speed,high-...The growing demand for artificial intelligence and complex computing has underscored the urgent need for advanced data storage technologies.Spin-orbit torque(SOT)has emerged as a leading candidate for high-speed,high-density magnetic random-access memory due to its ultrafast switching speed and low power consumption.This review systematically explores the generation and switching mechanisms of electron-mediated torques(including both conventional SOTs and orbital torques)and magnon-mediated torques.We discuss key materials that enable these effects:heavy metals,topological insulators,low-crystal-symmetry materials,non-collinear antiferromagnets,and altermagnets for conventional SOTs;3d,4d,and 5d transition metals for orbital torques;and antiferromagnetic insulator Ni O-and multiferroic Bi Fe O_(3)-based sandwich structures for magnon torques.We emphasize that although key components of SOT devices have been demonstrated,numerous promising materials and critical questions regarding their underlying mechanisms remain to be explored.Therefore,this field represents a dynamic and rapidly evolving frontier in spintronics,offering significant potential for advancing next-generation information storage and computational technologies.展开更多
We investigate magnonic topology in the breathing Su–Schrieffer–Heeger(SSH) model, incorporating non-Hermitian effects. Our results demonstrate the coexistence of first-and second-order magnonic topologies, with non...We investigate magnonic topology in the breathing Su–Schrieffer–Heeger(SSH) model, incorporating non-Hermitian effects. Our results demonstrate the coexistence of first-and second-order magnonic topologies, with non-Hermitian effects exhibiting size-dependent behavior. In two-dimensional systems, non-Hermitian terms induce a flat band and gap closure along high-symmetry paths, whereas in one-dimensional systems, a finite band gap persists for small system sizes. Additionally, the corner states remain robust, and a pronounced non-Hermitian skin effect emerges. Our findings provide new insights into magnon-based devices, emphasizing the impact of non-Hermitian effects on their design and functionality.展开更多
基金the Chinese Academy of Sciences—the Scientific and the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research(Grant No.YSBR-120)the National Science Foundation of China(Grant No.NSFC12525405)。
文摘The magnons(the quanta of collective spin-wave excitations)in two-dimensional van der Waals(vd W)magnets exhibit some intriguing characteristics,such as spin Nernst effect,topological magnons,Weyl magnons,moirémagnons,magnon valley Hall effect,etc.,and can be regulated through approaches such as stacking,electric doping,pressure,strain and twisting,opening unprecedented avenues to explore fundamental magnetic physics and spin-based technologies.Over the past few years,intense research efforts have been invested in unraveling magnon properties in vd W materials.This review comprehensively summarizes recent advancements in understanding magnons in vd W magnetic systems,spanning fundamental theories and experimental frontiers.It also introduces the experimental techniques widely used in this field,including inelastic neutron scattering,Raman/Brillouin spectroscopy,time-resolved spectroscopy and inelastic magnetotunneling spectroscopy,and discusses the coupling between magnons and other excitations,such as phonons and excitons.
基金supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB0580000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12204306,12122413,12227901,12474120,and U23A6002)+4 种基金the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(Grant Nos.23JC1404100 and 22JC1403300)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant Nos.2022YFA1404603 and2023YFA1406604)the Shandong Provincial Natural Science FoundationChina(Grant No.ZR2024YQ001)the Qilu Young Scholar Programs of Shandong University。
文摘Strong coupling effects in magnonic systems are highly promising.They combine the advantages of different quasiparticles and enable energy transfer for coherent information processing.When driven by microwave,electric,or optical pumps,these coupling effects can give rise to intriguing nonlinear phenomena,which have become a focal point in the field of magnonics.This review systematically explores pump-engineered magnon-coupling systems from three perspectives:(1)pump-induced hybridization of magnon modes,(2)nonlinear manipulation of magnon dynamics,and(3)implementation of functional magnonic devices.Unlike conventional cavity-magnon interactions that are constrained by electromagnetic boundaries,pumped coupled magnons are liberated from these restrictions.They can operate over a broad frequency band rather than being confined to discrete modes.An example is the recently discovered pump-induced magnon mode(PIM).These magnons arise from the collective excitations of unsaturated spins driven by microwave pumps.They exhibit reduced damping and photon-number-sensitive splitting characteristics,facilitating waveform-controlled coupling strength and enhanced nonlinearity—features that support phenomena such as magnonic frequency combs(MFCs).By expanding this principle to electric pumping schemes,we bridge fundamental physics and practical device applications,enabling nonreciprocal switching and meter-scale strong coupling.These advances establish high-dimensional control capabilities for coupled magnonics and pave the way for their use as a promising platform for dynamically programmable devices,magnetic-field sensing,and coherent networks.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12064011)the Natural Science Fund Project of Hunan Province(Grant No.2020JJ4498)the Graduate Research Innovation Foundation of Jishou University(Grant No.Jdy21030).
文摘This work is devoted to studying the magnon-magnon interaction effect in a two-dimensional checkerboard ferromagnet with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction.Using a first-order Green function method,we analyze the influence of magnon-magnon interaction on the magnon band topology.We find that Chern numbers of two renormalized magnon bands are different above and below the critical temperature,which means that the magnon band gap-closing phenomenon is an indicator for one topological phase transition of the checkerboard ferromagnet.Our results show that the checkerboard ferromagnet possesses two topological phases,and its topological phase can be controlled either via the temperature or the applied magnetic field due to magnon-magnon interactions.Interestingly,it is found that the topological phase transition can occur twice with the increase in the temperature,which is different from the results of the honeycomb ferromagnet.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.11774152)National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2016YFA0300401)。
文摘We show that a suitable combination of flat-band ferromagnetism,geometry and nontrivial electronic band topology can give rise to itinerant topological magnons.An SU(2) symmetric topological Hubbard model with nearly flat electronic bands,on a Kagome lattice,is considered as the prototype.This model exhibits ferromagnetic order when the lowest electronic band is half-filled.Using the numerical exact diagonalization method with a projection onto this nearly flat band,we can obtain the magnonic spectra.In the flat-band limit,the spectra exhibit distinct dispersions with Dirac points,similar to those of free electrons with isotropic hoppings,or a local spin magnet with pure ferromagnetic Heisenberg exchanges on the same geometry.Significantly,the non-flatness of the electronic band may induce a topological gap at the Dirac points,leading to a magnonic band with a nonzero Chern number.More intriguingly,this magnonic Chern number changes its sign when the topological index of the electronic band is reversed,suggesting that the nontrivial topology of the magnonic band is related to its underlying electronic band.Our work suggests interesting directions for the further exploration of,and searches for,itinerant topological magnons.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2015CB921300the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 11334012the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No XDB07000000
文摘We study the topological properties of magnon excitations in a wide class of three-dimensional （3D） honeycomb lattices with ferromagnetic ground states. It is found that they host nodal ring magnon excitations. These rings locate on the same plane in the momentum space. The nodal ring degeneracy can be lifted by the Dzyaloshinskii- Moriya interactions to form two Weyl points with opposite charges. We explicitly discuss these physics in the simplest 3D honeycomb lattice and the hyperhoneycomb lattice, and show drumhead and are surface states in the nodal ring and Weyl phases, respectively, due to the bulk-boundary correspondence.
基金The project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos .19847004 and 10474025
文摘In this paper, we conduct an investigation into magnon self-squeezing states in a ferromagnet. In these states, the quantum fluctuations of the spin components can be lower than the zero-point quantum fluctuations of the coherent states. Through calculating the expectation values of spin fluctuations we gain the condition of achieving magnon self-squeezing. We introduce the mean-field theory for dealing with the nonlinear interaction term of Hamiltonian of magnon system.
文摘Topological magnons give rise to possibilities for engineering novel spintronics devices with critical applications in quantum information and computation,due to their symmetry-protected robustness and low dissipation.However,to make reliable and systematic predictions about the material realization of topological magnons has been a major challenge,due to the lack of neutron scattering data formost materials and the absence of reliable ab initio calculations for magnons.In this work,we significantly advance the symmetry-based approach for identifying topological magnons through developing a fully automated algorithm,utilizing the theory of symmetry indicators,that enables a highly efficient and large-scale search for candidate materials hosting perturbation-driven topological magnons.This progress not only streamlines the discovery process but also expands the scope of materials exploration beyond previous manual or traditional approaches,offering a powerful tool for uncovering novel topological phases in magnetic systems.Performing a large-scale search over all 1649 magnetic materials in the Bilbao Crystallographic Server(BCS)with a commensurate magnetic order,we discover 387 perturbation-induced topological magnon materials,significantly expanding the pool of topological magnon materials and showing that more than 23%of all commensurate magnetic compounds in the BCS database are topological.We further discuss examples and experimental accessibility of the candidate materials,shedding light on future experimental realizations of topological magnons in magnetic materials.We provide an open-source program that checks the symmetry-enforced magnon band topology of any commensurate magnetic structure upon perturbations and allows researchers to reproduce our results.
基金support by the NCCR MARVEL,a National Centre of Competence in Research,funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation(Grant number 205602)the Fellowship from the EPFL QSE Center“Many-body neural simulations of quantum materials”(Grant number 10060)supported by a grant from the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre(CSCS)under project ID s1073 and mr33(Piz Daint).
文摘Spin excitations play a fundamental role in understanding magnetic properties of materials,and have significant technological implications for magnonic devices.However,accurately modeling these in transition-metal and rare-earth compounds remains a formidable challenge.Here,we present a fully first-principles approach for calculating spin-wave spectra based on time-dependent(TD)density-functional perturbation theory(DFPT),using nonempirical Hubbard functionals.This approach is implemented in a general noncollinear formulation,enabling the study of magnons in both collinear and noncollinear magnetic systems.Unlike methods that rely on empirical Hubbard U parameters to describe the ground state,and Heisenberg Hamiltonians for describing magnetic excitations,the methodology developed here probes directly the dynamical spin susceptibility(efficiently evaluated with TDDFPT throught the Liouville-Lanczos approach),and treats the linear variation of the Hubbard augmentation(in itself calculated non-empirically)in full at a self-consistent level.Furthermore,the method satisfies the Goldstone condition without requiring empirical rescaling of the exchange-correlation kernel or explicit enforcement of sum rules,in contrast to existing state-of-the-art techniques.We benchmark the novel computational scheme on prototypical transition-metal monoxides NiO and MnO,showing remarkable agreement with experiments and highlighting the fundamental role of these newly implemented Hubbard corrections.The method holds great promise for describing collective spin excitations in complex materials containing localized electronic states.
文摘Magnons—quantized spin-wave excitations of ordered magnets—offer an electrically neutral,low-dissipation channel for carrying spin angular momentum.This makes them highly attractive for next-generation information processing.Non-local magnon transport setup[1](Figure 1),in particular,has emerged as a sensitive,symmetry-resolving probe for the magnon transport:a charge/spin current at an injector contact creates magnons thermally or coherently;they diffuse through a magnetic insulator and are converted back into an electrical signal at a detector by the spin Seebeck effect and inverse spin Hall effects.The sign and magnitude of the non-local voltage measured at the detector,normalized by the injection current,encode both the efficiency of magnon transport and the orientation of their angular momentum.Conventionally,thermally excited magnons carry angular momentum opposite to the net magnetization or the applied field.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.12374109)the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.2023YFA1406600)。
文摘In physics,our expectations for system behavior are often guided by intuitive arithmetic.For systems composed of identical units,we anticipate synergy of the contributions from these units,where 1+1=2.Conversely,for systems built from opposing units,we expect cancellation of their contributions,where 1-1=0.This intuitive arithmetic has long underpinned our understanding of physical properties of materials,from electronic transport to optical responses.However,scientific breakthroughs often occur when nature reveals ways to circumvent these seemingly fundamental rules,opening new possibilities that challenge our deepest assumptions about material behavior.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (MOST)(Grant No.2022YFA1402800)the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Presidents International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI)(Grant No.2025PG0006)+3 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)(Grant Nos.51831012,12274437,and 52161160334)the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research (Grant No.YSBR-084)the CAS Youth Interdisciplinary Teamthe China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No.2025M773402)。
文摘Based on the Smit-Suhl formula,we propose a universal approach for solving the magnon-magnon coupling problem in bilayer coupled systems(e.g.,antiferromagnets).This method requires only the energy expression,enabling the automatic derivation of analytical expressions for the eigenmatrix elements via symbolic computation,eliminating the need for tedious manual calculations.Using this approach,we investigate the impact of magnetic hysteresis on magnon-magnon coupling in a system with interlayer Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction(DMI).The magnetic hysteresis leads to an asymmetric magnetic field dependence of the resonance frequency and alters the number of degeneracy points between the pure optical and acoustic modes.Moreover,it can result in the coupling strength at the gap of the f–H phase diagram being nearly vanishing,contrary to the conventionally expected maximum.These results deepen the understanding of the effect of interlayer DMI on magnon–magnon coupling and the proposed universal method significantly streamlines the solving process of magnon–magnon coupling problems.
基金funding support by the National Science Foundation(NSF)under grant numbers CBET-2110603the Air Force Office of Scientific Research(AFOSR)under contract number FA9550-12-1-0225supported by the State of North Carolina and the National Science Foundation(award number ECCS-2025064).
文摘Thermoelectric materials,capable of converting temperature gradients into electrical power,have been traditionally limited by a trade-off between thermopower and electrical conductivity.This study introduces a novel,broadly applicable approach that enhances both the spin-driven thermopower and the thermoelectric figure-of-merit(zT)without compromising electrical conductivity,using temperature-driven spin crossover.Our approach,supported by both theoretical and experimental evidence,is demonstrated through a case study of chromium doped-manganese telluride,but is not confined to this material and can be extended to other magnetic materials.By introducing dopants to create a high crystal field and exploiting the entropy changes associated with temperature-driven spin crossover,we achieved a significant increase in thermopower,by approximately 136μV K^(-1),representing more than a 200%enhancement at elevated temperatures within the paramagnetic domain.Our exploration of the bipolar semiconducting nature of these materials reveals that suppressing bipolar magnon/paramagnon-drag thermopower is key to understanding and utilizing spin crossover-driven thermopower.These findings,validated by inelastic neutron scattering,X-ray photoemission spectroscopy,thermal transport,and energy conversion measurements,shed light on crucial material design parameters.We provide a comprehensive framework that analyzes the interplay between spin entropy,hopping transport,and magnon/paramagnon lifetimes,paving the way for the development of high-performance spin-driven thermoelectric materials.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)under Grant Nos.12075159 and 12171044Beijing Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.Z190005)the Academician Innovation Platform of Hainan Province.
文摘We present protocols to generate quantum entanglement on nonlocal magnons in hybrid systems composed of yttrium iron garnet(YIG)spheres,microwave cavities and a superconducting(SC)qubit.In the schemes,the YIGs are coupled to respective microwave cavities in resonant way,and the SC qubit is placed at the center of the cavities,which interacts with the cavities simultaneously.By exchanging the virtual photon,the cavities can indirectly interact in the far-detuning regime.Detailed protocols are presented to establish entanglement for two,three and arbitrary N magnons with reasonable fidelities.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11975026,61475007,and 61704071)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2018YFB1107200,and 2016YFA0301302)+1 种基金the Key Research and Development Program of Guangzhou Province(Grant No.2018B030329001)the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.Z190005)。
文摘The generation and manipulation of strong entanglement and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen(EPR)steering in macroscopic systems are outstanding challenges in modern physics.Especially,the observation of asymmetric EPR steering is important for both its fundamental role in interpreting the nature of quantum mechanics and its application as resource for the tasks where the levels of trust at different parties are highly asymmetric.Here,we study the entanglement and EPR steering between two macroscopic magnons in a hybrid ferrimagnet—light system.In the absence of light,the two types of magnons on the two sublattices can be entangled,but no quantum steering occurs when they are damped with the same rates.In the presence of the cavity field,the entanglement can be significantly enhanced,and strong two-way asymmetric quantum steering appears between two magnons with equal dissipation.This is very different from the conventional protocols to produce asymmetric steering by imposing additional unbalanced losses or noises on the two parties at the cost of reducing steerability.The essential physics is well understood by the unbalanced population of acoustic and optical magnons under the cooling effect of cavity photons.Our finding may provide a novel platform to manipulate the quantum steering and the detection of bi-party steering provides a knob to probe the magnetic damping on each sublattice of a magnet.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12174129,T2394475,and T2394470)。
文摘Altermagnets,a new type of collinear antiferromagnet,exhibiting non-degenerate electron and magnon dispersion in momentum space have attracted intensive research attention.We theoretically analyze the origin and feature of chiral magnon splitting in representative altermagnets including tetragonal RuO_(2),hexagonal MnTe,and orthorhombic LaMnO_(3).The magnon spin transport properties including spin Seebeck and spin Nernst coefcients have been investigated.Through these materials,we demonstrate the diference of chiral splitting in d-wave and g-wave antiferromagnet on magnon transport.RuO2with planar magnon splitting exhibits signifcant magnon spin Nernst and magnon spin Seebeck anisotropy in(110)and(001)planes,whereas MnTe,due to its bulk-like magnon splitting,is incapable of producing magnon spin Nernst efect.Our work may provide in-depth understanding on the mechanisms of nonrelativistic magnon splitting and thermal spin transport in altermagnets.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No.2022YFA1403203)the National Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar (Grant No.52325105)+2 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.12274411,12241405,52250418,and12404185)the Basic Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Based on Major Scientific Infrastructures (Grant No.JZHKYPT-2021-08)the CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research (Grant No.YSBR-084)。
文摘Magnon spin currents in insulating magnets are useful for low-power spintronics. However, in magnets stacked by antiferromagnetic(AFM) exchange coupling, which have recently aroused significant interest for potential applications in spintronics, Bose–Einstein distribution populates magnon states across all energies from opposite eigenmodes, and hence the magnon spin current is largely compensated. Contrary to this common observation,here, we show that magnets with X-type AFM stacking, where opposite magnetic sublattices form orthogonal intersecting chains, support giant magnon spin currents with minimal compensation. Our model Hamiltonian calculations predict magnetic chain locking of magnon spin currents in these X-type magnets, significantly reducing their compensation ratio. In addition, the one-dimensional nature of the chain-like magnetic sublattices enhances magnon spin conductivities surpassing those of two-dimensional ferromagnets and canonical altermagnets. Notably, uncompensated X-type magnets, such as odd-layer antiferromagnets and ferrimagnets, can exhibit magnon spin currents polarized opposite to those expected by their net magnetization. These unprecedented properties of X-type magnets, combined with their inherent advantages resulting from AFM coupling, offer a promising new path for low-power high-performance spintronics.
文摘Dispersion characteristics of magnonic crystals have attracted considerable attention because of the potential applications for spin-wave devices.In this work,we investigated the strain-manipulated dispersion characteristics of magnonic crystals with Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction(DMI)and discussed the potential applications in spin-wave devices.Here,the ground states and stabilities of the magnonic crystals were investigated.Then,the strain-manipulated dispersion characteristics of the magnonic crystals based on domains and skyrmions were studied.The simulation results indicated that,the applied strain could manipulate the band widths and the positions of the allowed frequency bands.Finally,the realization of magnonic crystal heterojunctions and potential applications in spin-wave devices,such as filters,diodes,and transistors based on strain-manipulated magnonic crystals were proposed.Our research provides a theoretical foundation for designing tunable spin-wave devices based on strain-manipulated magnonic crystals with DMI.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2023YFF0718400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12474119 and 12074189)。
文摘Magnetic nanostructures with nonhomogeneous magnetic properties exhibit distinct magnon modes,and their interactions are crucial for understanding magnetization dynamics.In this work,we numerically investigate the magnon-magnon coupling in a nanodisk with radially varying magnetic anisotropy by using micromagnetic simulations.By introducing perpendicular magnetic anisotropy into the inner region of the nanodisk,a radially chiral spin texture is observed.The presence of the chiral spin texture results in coupling between the ferromagnetic resonance mode of the whole disk and the higher-order confined modes in the outer region.Moreover,we find that the coupling strength is highly sensitive to the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy,the saturation magnetization,and the interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction.Our findings could enrich the understanding of the dynamic characteristics of chiral nanomagnets and suggest a possible route to harnessing tunable magnon-magnon coupling for spin-based quantum information processing.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U24A6002,12174237(X.X.),52471253(F.W.),12404091(J.L.),52171183(Z.Q.))the support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2022YFB3505301)+4 种基金the support from the Fund Program for the Scientific Activities of Selected Returned Overseas Professionals in Shanxi Province(Grant No.20240019)Central Government’s Special Fund for Local Science and Technology Development(Grant No.YDZJSX2024D058)the support from the Basic Research Plan of Shanxi Province(Grant No.202403021212016)the support from the Fundamental Research Program of Shanxi Province(Grant No.202403021222252)the Higher Education Science and Technology Innovation Plan Project of Shanxi(Grant No.2024L146)。
文摘The growing demand for artificial intelligence and complex computing has underscored the urgent need for advanced data storage technologies.Spin-orbit torque(SOT)has emerged as a leading candidate for high-speed,high-density magnetic random-access memory due to its ultrafast switching speed and low power consumption.This review systematically explores the generation and switching mechanisms of electron-mediated torques(including both conventional SOTs and orbital torques)and magnon-mediated torques.We discuss key materials that enable these effects:heavy metals,topological insulators,low-crystal-symmetry materials,non-collinear antiferromagnets,and altermagnets for conventional SOTs;3d,4d,and 5d transition metals for orbital torques;and antiferromagnetic insulator Ni O-and multiferroic Bi Fe O_(3)-based sandwich structures for magnon torques.We emphasize that although key components of SOT devices have been demonstrated,numerous promising materials and critical questions regarding their underlying mechanisms remain to be explored.Therefore,this field represents a dynamic and rapidly evolving frontier in spintronics,offering significant potential for advancing next-generation information storage and computational technologies.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12347156, 12174157, 12074150, and 12174158)the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2022YFA1405200)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20230516)the Scientific Research Project of Jiangsu University (Grant No. 550171001)。
文摘We investigate magnonic topology in the breathing Su–Schrieffer–Heeger(SSH) model, incorporating non-Hermitian effects. Our results demonstrate the coexistence of first-and second-order magnonic topologies, with non-Hermitian effects exhibiting size-dependent behavior. In two-dimensional systems, non-Hermitian terms induce a flat band and gap closure along high-symmetry paths, whereas in one-dimensional systems, a finite band gap persists for small system sizes. Additionally, the corner states remain robust, and a pronounced non-Hermitian skin effect emerges. Our findings provide new insights into magnon-based devices, emphasizing the impact of non-Hermitian effects on their design and functionality.
