Topological magneto-optical effects and their quantization in noncoplanar antiferromagnets

Magneto-optical effects in magnets are commonly attributed to the interplay between exchange splitting and spin-orbit coupling. Here, Feng et al. report a topological magneto-optical effect in non-coplanar antiferromagnets due to finite scalar spin chirality, without any reference to exchange splitt...

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Main Authors: Wanxiang Feng, Jan-Philipp Hanke, Xiaodong Zhou, Guang-Yu Guo, Stefan Blügel, Yuriy Mokrousov, Yugui Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13968-8