73 research outputs found
Quantum Lifshitz Point
I study a quantum Lifshitz point in a three-dimensional itinerant
antiferromagnet, in particular the scaling of the N\'{e}el temperature, the
correlation length, the staggered susceptibility, the specific heat coefficient
and the resistivity. At low temperatures, the model is shown to have the
inverse staggered susceptibility and the resistivity varying as T, and
the specific heat coefficient varying as T
Zeeman spin-orbit coupling in antiferromagnetic conductors
This article is a brief review of Zeeman spin-orbit coupling, arising in a
low-carrier commensurate N\'eel antiferromagnet subject to magnetic field. The
field tends to lift the degeneracy of the electron spectrum. However, a hidden
symmetry protects double degeneracy of Bloch eigenstates at special momenta in
the Brillouin zone. The effective transverse -factor vanishes at such
points, thus acquiring a substantial momentum dependence, which turns a
textbook Zeeman term into a spin-orbit coupling. After describing the symmetry
underpinnings of the Zeeman spin-orbit coupling, I compare it with its
intrinsic counterparts such as Rashba coupling, and then show how Zeeman
spin-orbit coupling may survive in the presence of intrinsic spin-orbit
coupling. Finally, I outline some of the likely experimental manifestations of
Zeeman spin-orbit coupling, and compare it with similar phenomena in other
settings such as semiconducting quantum wells.Comment: Review article for the topical issue on Spin-Orbit-Coupled Materials
of the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solid
Electric excitation of spin resonance in antiferromagnetic conductors
Antiferromagnetism couples electron spin to its orbital motion, thus allowing
excitation of electron-spin transitions by an ac electric rather than magnetic
field - with absorption, exceeding that of common electron spin resonance at
least by four orders of magnitude. In addition to potential applications in
spin electronics, this phenomenon may be used as a spectroscopy to study
antiferromagnetic materials of interest - from chromium to borocarbides,
cuprates, iron pnictides, and organic and heavy fermion conductors.Comment: the journal print versio
Diagnosing a strong topological insulator by quantum oscillations
We show how quantum oscillation measurements of surface states in an
insulator may allow to diagnose a strong topological insulator and distinguish
it from its weak or topologically trivial counterpart. The criterion is defined
by the parity of the number of fundamental frequencies in the surface-state
quantum oscillation spectrum: an even number of frequencies implies a weak or a
topologically trivial insulator, whereas an odd number points to a strong
topological insulator. We also discuss various aspects and issues related to
applying this criterion in practice.Comment: 5.5 pages, 2 figure
Local injection of pure spin current generates electric current vortices
We show that local injection of pure spin current into an electrically
disconnected ferromagnetic - normal-metal sandwich induces electric currents,
that run along closed loops inside the device, and are powered by the source of
the spin injection. Such electric currents may significantly modify voltage
distribution in spin-injection devices and induce long-range tails of spin
accumulation.Comment: Journal version. Improved notation, suggestions for experimental
observation adde
Acceleration of Plasmoids in Waveguides by a Superhigh-Frequency Wave
Acceleration of plasmoids in waveguides by superhigh-frequency electromagnetic wav
Electron states, bound to a texture in a N\'eel antiferromagnet
We study electron states, bound to topological textures such as skyrmions and
domain walls in a N\'eel antiferromagnet. In certain limits, we find the
dependence of bound states on the geometry of the texture, and estimate the
bound-state contribution to its energy. This contribution proves significant
compared with the purely magnetic energy, and substantially affects the
equilibrium geometry of the texture. The bound-state contribution also induces
a large shift of the transition line between the modulated and the uniform
phase, extending the latter.Comment: 20 pages, 15 figures, 3 appendices, 36 reference
Kramers degeneracy in a magnetic field and Zeeman spin-orbit coupling in antiferromagnets
In this article, I analyze the symmetries and degeneracies of electron
eigenstates in a commensurate collinear antiferromagnet. In a magnetic field
transverse to the staggered magnetization, a hidden anti-unitary symmetry
protects double degeneracy of the Bloch eigenstates at a special set of
momenta. In addition to this `Kramers degeneracy' subset, the manifold of
momenta, labeling the doubly degenerate Bloch states in the Brillouin zone, may
also contain an `accidental degeneracy' subset, that is not protected by
symmetry and that may change its shape under perturbation. These degeneracies
give rise to a substantial momentum dependence of the transverse g-factor in
the Zeeman coupling, turning the latter into a spin-orbit interaction.
I discuss a number of materials, where Zeeman spin-orbit coupling is likely
to be present, and outline the simplest properties and experimental
consequences of this interaction, that may be relevant to systems from chromium
to borocarbides, cuprates, hexaborides, iron pnictides, as well as organic and
heavy fermion conductors.Comment: 16+ pages, extended version of arXiv:0805.0378; revised versio
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