Magnon Chirality Hall Effect in Antiferromagnet

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Abstract

In a collinear antiferromagnet with easy-axis anisotropy, symmetry dictates that the spin wave modes must be doubly degenerate with opposite chirality. We show that in the presence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, there exist a magnon chirality Hall effect, where magnons with opposite chirality flow to opposite transverse edges when an in-plane temperature gradient is applied. Possible material candidates to realize this effect is also discussed.

*This work is supported by DOE BES (No. DE-SC0012509) and AFOSR (No. FA9550-12-1-0479)

Authors

  • Ran Cheng

    • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Nikhil Sivadas

    • Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Satoshi Okamoto

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Di Xiao

    • Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon Univ