Discovery of a metallic room-temperature d-wave altermagnet KV2Se2O

Beyond conventional ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, altermagnetism is a recently discovered unconventional magnetic phase characterized by time-reversal symmetry breaking and spin-split band structures in materials with zero net magnetization. This distinct magnetic phase not only enriches th...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-08
Main Authors: Jiang, Bei, Hu, Mingzhe, Bai, Jianli, Song, Ziyin, Chao, Mu, Qu, Gexing, Li, Wan, Zhu, Wenliang, Pi, Hanqi, Wei, Zhongxu, Sun, Yujie, Huang, Yaobo, Zheng, Xiquan, Peng, Yingying, He, Lunhua, Li, Shiliang, Luo, Jianlin, Li, Zheng, Chen, Genfu, Li, Hang, Weng, Hongming, Tian Qian
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Language:English
Subjects:
Antiferromagnetism
Broken symmetry
Electric fields
Electrical properties
Electrical resistivity
Electron spin
Electrons
Elementary excitations
Fermi surfaces
Ferromagnetism
Magnetic semiconductors
Magnetization
Room temperature
Spin density waves
Spintronics
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Summary:Beyond conventional ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, altermagnetism is a recently discovered unconventional magnetic phase characterized by time-reversal symmetry breaking and spin-split band structures in materials with zero net magnetization. This distinct magnetic phase not only enriches the understanding of fundamental physical concepts but also has profound impacts on condense-matter physics research and practical device applications. Spin-polarized band structures have been recently observed in semiconductors MnTe and MnTe2 with vanishing net magnetization, confirming the existence of this unconventional magnetic order. Metallic altermagnets have unique advantages for exploring novel physical phenomena related to low-energy quasiparticle excitations and for applications in spintronics as electrical conductivity in metals allows the direct manipulation of spin current through electric field. Here, through comprehensive characterization and analysis of the magnetic and electronic structures of KV2Se2O, we have unambiguously demonstrated a metallic room-temperature altermaget with d-wave spin-momentum locking. The highly anisotropic spin-polarized Fermi surfaces and the spin-density-wave order emerging in the altermagnetic phase make it an extraordinary platform for designing high-performance spintronic devices and studying many-body effects coupled with the unconventional magnetism.
ISSN:2331-8422