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arXiv 2602.17872cond-mat.str-elcond-mat.mes-hallphysics.optics
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在spin-compensated磁体中直接成像拓扑nematic相

Direct imaging of a topological nematic phase in a spin-compensated magnet

University of California, Irvine(加州大学尔湾分校);University of Wisconsin-Madison(威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校);Los Alamos National Laboratory(洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室);The University of Tennessee, Knoxville(田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校)

Weihang Lu, Camron Farhang, Yuchuan Yao, Pratap Pal, Hao Zhang, Shaofeng Han, Shi-Zeng Lin, Chang-Beom Eom, Jing Xia

AI总结:

在spin-compensated磁体中发现Berry曲率密度波,揭示了拓扑nematic相的形成机制及其在自旋电子学中的应用潜力。

摘要:

密度波通常描述电荷或自旋的周期性调制,然而电子拓扑的空间调制却一直难以捉摸。在这里,我们报告了在非列线反铁磁体Mn3NiN中发现Berry曲率密度波。利用高精度Sagnac Kerr显微镜,我们直接成像微米级的Berry曲率调制。这些拓扑波纹表现出与晶格无关的取向,形成自发打破旋转对称性的nematic相。我们归因于由竞争磁相互作用驱动的磁场诱导的自旋纹理空间变化。这一发现揭示了源于波函数几何相位的新一类集体秩序,在spin-compensated磁体中出现,并为基于反铁磁体和altmagnets的拓扑自旋电子学提供了可调的自由度。

英文摘要:

Density waves conventionally describe the periodic modulation of charge or spin, yet the spatial modulation of electronic topology has remained elusive. Here, we report the discovery of a Berry-curvature density wave in the noncollinear antiferromagnet Mn3NiN with compensated spins. Using high-precision Sagnac Kerr microscopy, we directly image micrometer-scale modulations of the Berry curvature. These topological ripples exhibit orientations unpinned to the crystal lattice, forming a nematic phase that spontaneously breaks rotational symmetry. We attribute this instability to field-induced spatial variations of the spin texture driven by competing magnetic interactions. This discovery unveils a new class of collective order in spin-compensated magnets arising from the geometric phase of the wavefunction itself and offering a tunable degree of freedom for topological spintronics based on antiferromagnets and altermagnets.

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