2024/01/16 by Andriy Smolyanyuk, Smolyanyuk, Andriy, Libor Šmejkal +3 · 8 citations
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials #Magnetic properties of thin films #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2401.08784
Altermagnets (AM) is a recently discovered class of collinear magnets that share some properties (anomalous transport, etc) with ferromagnets, some (zero net magnetization) with antiferromagnets, while also exhibiting unique properties (spin-splitting of electronic bands and resulting spin-splitter current). Since the moment compensation in AM is driven by symmetry, it must be possible to identify them by analyzing the crystal structure directly, without computing the electronic structure. Given the significant potential of AM for spintronics, it is very useful to have a tool for such an analysis. This work presents an open-access code implementing such a direct check.