Altermagnetism: Exploring New Frontiers in Magnetism and Spintronics
Beijing Institute of Technology · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract Recent developments have introduced a groundbreaking form of collinear magnetism known as “altermagnetism”. This emerging magnetic phase is characterized by robust time‐reversal symmetry breaking, antiparallel magnetic order, and alternating spin‐splitting band structures, yet it exhibits vanishing net magnetization constrained by symmetry. Altermagnetism uniquely integrates traits previously considered mutually exclusive to conventional collinear ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, thereby facilitating phenomena and functionalities previously not achievable within these traditional categories of magnetism. Initially proposed theoretically, the existence of the altermagnetic phase has since been…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 95.68
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 325
Authors
6- LBLing Bai
Beijing Institute of Technology
- WFWanxiang FengCorresponding
Beijing Institute of Technology
- SLSiyuan Liu
Beijing Institute of Technology
- LŠLibor Šmejkal
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- YMYuriy Mokrousov
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Topics & keywords
- Spintronics
- Materials science
- Magnetism
- Condensed matter physics
- Nanotechnology
- Engineering ethics
- Engineering physics
- Ferromagnetism
Funding
- DFDeutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftAwards: 44880005, 268565370, TRR 288, TRR 173, TRR 288/2-422213477, TRR 173/3-268565370, 422213477
- NNNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaAwards: 2020YFA0308800, 12321004, 12234003, 12061131002, 12347214, 12274027
- NKNational Key Research and Development Program of ChinaAwards: 2020YFA0308800, 2022YFA1403800, 2022YFA1402600
- FRFundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesAward: 2024CX06104