Topological–chiral magnetic interactions driven by emergent orbital magnetism

The motion of electrons in a complex magnetic background may generate novel magnetic interactions. Here, Grytsiuk et al. report that a peculiar orbital motion of electrons in response to a non-coplanarity of neighbouring spins leads to a topological orbital moment, which further gives rise to a new...

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Main Authors: S. Grytsiuk, J.-P. Hanke, M. Hoffmann, J. Bouaziz, O. Gomonay, G. Bihlmayer, S. Lounis, Y. Mokrousov, S. Blügel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14030-3