Damped Topological Magnons in the Kagom\'{e}-Lattice Ferromagnets

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Abstract

We demonstrate that interactions can substantially alter the free-band description of magnons in ferromagnets on geometrically frustrated lattices. The anharmonic coupling facilitated by the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and a highly-degenerate structure of the two-particle continuum induce a non-perturbative damping of the high-energy magnon modes. We provide a detailed account of the effect for the $S\!=\!1/2$ ferromagnet on the kagom\'e lattice and propose further experiments.

*Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences under Award # DE-FG02-04ER46174.

Authors

  • Alexander Chernyshev

    • Univ of California - Irvine
  • Pavel Maksimov

    • Univ of California - Irvine