Magnon driven skyrmion dynamics in antiferromagnets: The effect of magnon polarization

The controllable magnetic skyrmion motion represents a highly concerned issue in preparing advanced skyrmion-based spintronic devices. Specifically, magnon-driven skyrmion motion can be easily accessible in both metallic and insulating magnets, and thus is highly preferred over electric current cont...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2021-03
Main Authors: Jin, Z, Meng, C Y, Liu, T T, Chen, D Y, Fan, Z, Zeng, M, Lu, X B, Gao, X S, Qin, M H, Liu, J M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antiferromagnetism
Circular polarization
Dependence
Elastic scattering
Energy consumption
Hypothetical particles
Linear polarization
Magnets
Magnons
Particle theory
Spintronics
Stability
Symmetry
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Summary:The controllable magnetic skyrmion motion represents a highly concerned issue in preparing advanced skyrmion-based spintronic devices. Specifically, magnon-driven skyrmion motion can be easily accessible in both metallic and insulating magnets, and thus is highly preferred over electric current control further for the ultra-low energy consumption. In this work, we investigate extensively the dynamics of skyrmion motion driven by magnon in an antiferromagnet using the collective coordinate theory, focusing on the effect of magnon polarization. It is revealed that the skyrmion Hall motion driven by circularly polarized magnon becomes inevitable generally, consistent with earlier report. Furthermore, the elastic scattering theory and numerical results unveil the strong inter-dependence between the linearly polarized magnon and skyrmion motion, suggesting the complicated dependence of the skyrmion motion on the polarization nature of driving magnon. On the reversal, the scattering from the moving skyrmion may lead to decomposition of the linearly polarized magnon into two elliptically polarized magnon bands. Consequently, a net transverse force acting on skyrmion is generated owing to the broken mirror symmetry, which in turn drives a skyrmion Hall motion. The Hall motion can be completely suppressed only in some specific condition where the mirror symmetry is preserved. The present work unveils non-trivial skyrmion-magnon scattering behavior in antiferromagnets, advancing the antiferromagnetic spintronics and benefiting to high-performance devices.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2103.00898