LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Topological magnons in a one-dimensional itinerant flatband ferromagnet

Photo by julienlphoto from unsplash

Different from previous scenarios that topological magnons emerge in local spin models, we propose an alternative that itinerant electron magnets can host topological magnons. A one-dimensional Tasaki model with a… Click to show full abstract

Different from previous scenarios that topological magnons emerge in local spin models, we propose an alternative that itinerant electron magnets can host topological magnons. A one-dimensional Tasaki model with a flatband is considered as the prototype. This model can be viewed as a quarter-filled periodic Anderson model with impurities located in between and hybridizing with the nearest-neighbor conducting electrons, together with a Hubbard repulsion for these electrons. By increasing the Hubbard interaction, the gap between the acoustic and optical magnons closes and reopens while the Berry phase of the acoustic band changes from 0 to $\ensuremath{\pi}$, leading to the occurrence of a topological transition. After this transition, there always exist in-gap edge magnonic modes, which is consistent with the bulk-edge correspondence. The Hubbard interaction-driven transition reveals a new mechanism to realize nontrivial magnon bands.

Keywords: magnons one; itinerant flatband; dimensional itinerant; one dimensional; topological magnons

Journal Title: Physical Review B
Year Published: 2018

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.