1. Switching magnon chirality in artificial antiferromagnet
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Liu, Yahui, Xu, Zhengmeng, Liu, Lin, Zhang, Kai, Meng, Yang, Sun, Yuanwei, Gao, Peng, Zhao, Hong-Wu, Niu, Qian, and Li, J.
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Physics - Applied Physics ,Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
Magnons in antiferromagnets can support both right-handed and left-handed chiralities, which shed a light on the chirality-based spintronics. Here we demonstrate the switching and reading of magnon chirality in an artificial antiferromagnet. The coexisting antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic characteristic resonance modes are discovered, which permits a high tunability in the modulation of magnon chirality. The reading of the chirality is accomplished via the chirality-dependent spin pumping as well as spin rectification effect. Our result illustrates an ideal antiferromagnetic platform for handling magnon chirality and paves the way for chirality-based spintronics.
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- 2021
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