Spin Fluctuations in Magnetically Coupled Bi-layer Cuprates

We propose a possible mechanism of pseudo spin gap anomaly(PSGA) in magnetically coupled bi-layer cuprates without any fermion pairing instability. In our proposal PSGA does not necessarily require the spin-charge separation or the breakdown of the Fermi liquid description of a normal state of the cuprate superconductor.The low energy magnetic excitations are mainly governed by the {\it itinerant nature of the intra-layer system} and {\it the inter-layer antiferromagnetic coupling}. No matter how weak the bare inter-layer coupling is, it can be dramatically enhanced due to the intra-layerspin fluctuations. As the temperature decreases near the antiferromagnetic phase boundary the strongly enhanced inter-layer correlation induces the inter-layer particle-hole exchange scattering processes that tend to enhance the inter-layer spin singlet formation and kill the triplet formation. We propose that the coupling of spin fluctuations on the adjacend layers via the strong repulsive interaction between parallel spins travelling on each layer give rise to the dynamical screening effects. As a result the low energy part of the spin excitation spectrum is strongly suppressed as the temperature decreases near the antiferromagnetic phase boundary. We ascribe PSGA to this dynamical screening effects.Comment: 30 page, latex, figures are available upon reques

Field-theoretical renormalization group for a flat two-dimensional Fermi surface

We implement an explicit two-loop calculation of the coupling functions and the self-energy of interacting fermions with a two-dimensional flat Fermi surface in the framework of the field theoretical renormalization group (RG) approach. Throughout the calculation both the Fermi surface and the Fermi velocity are assumed to be fixed and unaffected by interactions. We show that in two dimensions, in a weak coupling regime, there is no significant change in the RG flow compared to the well-known one-loop results available in the literature. However, if we extrapolate the flow to a moderate coupling regime there are interesting new features associated with an anisotropic suppression of the quasiparticle weight Z along the Fermi surface, and the vanishing of the renormalized coupling functions for several choices of the external momenta.Comment: 16 pages and 22 figure

Theory of standing spin waves in finite-size chiral spin soliton lattice

We present a theory of standing spin wave (SSW) in a monoaxial chiral helimagnet. Motivated by experimental findings on the magnetic field-dependence of the resonance frequency in thin films of Cr${}$Nb$_{3}$S${}_{6}$[Goncalves et al., Phys. Rev. B95, 104415 (2017)], we examine the SSW over a chiral soliton lattice (CSL) excited by an ac magnetic field applied parallel and perpendicular to the chiral axis. For this purpose, we generalize Kittel-Pincus theories of the SSW in ferromagnetic thin films to the case of non-collinear helimagnet with the surface end spins which are softly pinned by an anisotropy field. Consequently, we found there appear two types of modes. One is a Pincus mode which is composed of a long-period Bloch wave and a short-period ripple originated from the periodic structure of the CSL. Another is a short-period Kittel ripple excited by space-periodic perturbation which exists only in the case where the ac field is applied perpendicular the chiral axis. We demonstrate that the existence of the Pincus mode and the Kittel ripple is consistent with experimentally found double resonance profile.Comment: 17 pages, 14 figure

Optical chirality in gyrotropic media: Symmetry approach

We discuss optical chirality in different types of gyrotropic media. Our analysis is based on the formalism of nongeometric symmetries of Maxwell's equations in vacuum generalized to material media with given constituent relations. This approach enables us to directly derive conservation laws related to nongeometric symmetries. For isotropic chiral media, we demonstrate that like a free electromagnetic field, both duality and helicity generators belong to the basis set of nongeometric symmetries that guarantees the conservation of optical chirality. In gyrotropic crystals, which exhibit natural optical activity, the situation is quite different from the case of isotropic media. For light propagating along a certain crystallographic direction, there arises two distinct cases: (1) the duality is broken but the helicity is preserved, or (2) only the duality symmetry survives. We show that the existence of one of these symmetries (duality or helicity) is enough to define optical chirality. In addition, we present examples of low-symmetry media, where optical chirality cannot be defined. © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.This work was supported by the Government of the Russian Federation Program 02.A03.21.0006 and by RFBR Grant No. 17-52-50013. The authors also acknowledge support by JSPS KAKENHI Grants Nos. 25220803, 17H02923, the JSPS Core-to-Core Program, A. Advanced Research Networks, and the JSPS Bilateral (Japan-Russia) Joint Research Projects. IP acknowledges financial support by Center for Chiral Science, Hiroshima University and by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Grant No. MK-6230.2016.2

Generation of spin motive force in a soliton lattice

The generation of a spin motive force in a chiral helimagnet due to the action of two crossed magnetic fields is considered. The cases of pulsed and periodic magnetic fields directed along the helical axis under a perpendicular dc field are analyzed. It is shown that, in the case of a pulsed field, the spin motive force is related to dissipation, whereas in a periodic field, there is a reactive component that is not related to damping processes. © 2013 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd

Possible Magnetic Chirality in Optically Chiral Magnet [Cr(CN)6_6][Mn(SS)-pnH(H2_2O)](H2_2O) Probed by Muon Spin Rotation and Relaxation

Local magnetic fields in a molecule-based optically chiral magnet [Cr(CN)$_6$][Mn($S$)-pnH(H$_2$O)](H$_2$O) (GN-S) and its enantiomer (GN-R) are studied by means of muon spin rotation and relaxation (muSR). Detailed analysis of muon precession signals under zero field observed below T_c supports the average magnetic structure suggested by neutron powder diffraction. Moreover, comparison of muSR spectra between GN-S and GN-R suggests that they are a pair of complete optical isomers in terms of both crystallographic and magnetic structure. Possibility of magnetic chirality in such a pair is discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jp

Optical chirality in gyrotropic media: Symmetry approach

We discuss optical chirality in different types of gyrotropic media. Our analysis is based on the formalism of nongeometric symmetries of Maxwell's equations in vacuum generalized to material media with given constituent relations. This approach enables us to directly derive conservation laws related to nongeometric symmetries. For isotropic chiral media, we demonstrate that like a free electromagnetic field, both duality and helicity generators belong to the basis set of nongeometric symmetries that guarantees the conservation of optical chirality. In gyrotropic crystals, which exhibit natural optical activity, the situation is quite different from the case of isotropic media. For light propagating along a certain crystallographic direction, there arises two distinct cases: (1) the duality is broken but the helicity is preserved, or (2) only the duality symmetry survives. We show that the existence of one of these symmetries (duality or helicity) is enough to define optical chirality. In addition, we present examples of low-symmetry media, where optical chirality cannot be defined. © 2017 IOP Publishing Ltd and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.This work was supported by the Government of the Russian Federation Program 02.A03.21.0006 and by RFBR Grant No. 17-52-50013. The authors also acknowledge support by JSPS KAKENHI Grants Nos. 25220803, 17H02923, the JSPS Core-to-Core Program, A. Advanced Research Networks, and the JSPS Bilateral (Japan-Russia) Joint Research Projects. IP acknowledges financial support by Center for Chiral Science, Hiroshima University and by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Grant No. MK-6230.2016.2

Origin of adiabatic and non-adiabatic spin transfer torques in current-driven magnetic domain wall motion

A consistent theory to describe the correlated dynamics of quantum mechanical itinerant spins and semiclassical local magnetization is given. We consider the itinerant spins as quantum mechanical operators, whereas local moments are considered within classical Lagrangian formalism. By appropriately treating fluctuation space spanned by basis functions, including a zero-mode wave function, we construct coupled equations of motion for the collective coordinate of the center-of-mass motion and the localized zero-mode coordinate perpendicular to the domain wall plane. By solving them, we demonstrate that the correlated dynamics is understood through a hierarchy of two time scales: Boltzmann relaxation time when a non-adiabatic part of the spin-transfer torque appears, and Gilbert damping time when adiabatic part comes up.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure

Interlayer magnetoresistance due to chiral soliton lattice formation in hexagonal chiral magnet CrNb3S6

We investigate the interlayer magnetoresistance (MR) along the chiral crystallographic axis in the hexagonal chiral magnet CrNb3S 6. In a region below the incommensurate-commensurate phase transition between the chiral soliton lattice and the forced ferromagnetic state, a negative MR is obtained in a wide range of temperature, while a small positive MR is found very close to the Curie temperature. Normalized data of the negative MR almost falls into a single curve and is well fitted by a theoretical equation of the soliton density, meaning that the origin of the MR is ascribed to the magnetic scattering of conduction electrons by a nonlinear, periodic, and countable array of magnetic soliton kinks. © 2013 American Physical Society