On universal butterfly and antisymmetric magnetoresistances
Butterfly magnetoresistance (BMR) and antisymmetric magnetoresistance (ASMR) are about a butterfly-cross curve and a curve with one peak and one valley when a magnetic field is swept up and down along a fixed direction. Other than the parallelogram-shaped magnetoresistance-curve (MR-curve) often obs...
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| description | Butterfly magnetoresistance (BMR) and antisymmetric magnetoresistance (ASMR) are about a butterfly-cross curve and a curve with one peak and one valley when a magnetic field is swept up and down along a fixed direction. Other than the parallelogram-shaped magnetoresistance-curve (MR-curve) often observed in magnetic memory devices, BMR and ASMR are two ubiquitous types of MR-curves observed in diversified magnetic systems, including van der Waals materials, strongly correlated systems, and traditional magnets. Here, we reveal the general principles and the picture behind the BMR and the ASMR that do not depend on the detailed mechanisms of magnetoresistance: 1) The systems exhibit hysteresis loops, common for most magnetic materials with coercivities. 2) The magnetoresistance of the magnetic structures in a large positive magnetic field and in a large negative magnetic field is approximately the same. With the generalized Ohm’s law in magnetic materials, these principles explain why most BMR appears in the longitudinal resistance measurements and is very rare in the Hall resistance measurements. Simple toy models, in which the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation governs magnetization, are used to demonstrate the principles and explain the appearance and disappearance of BMR in various experiments. Our finding provides a simple picture to understand magnetoresistance-related experiments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28c6f43be11a4ec198b93d487bc1fe792022-12-22T04:16:36ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physics2296-424X2022-12-011010.3389/fphy.2022.10686051068605On universal butterfly and antisymmetric magnetoresistancesH. T. Wu0H. T. Wu1Tai Min2Z. X. Guo3X. R. Wang4X. R. Wang5Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, ChinaCenter for Spintronics and Quantum Systems, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, ChinaCenter for Spintronics and Quantum Systems, State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, ChinaDepartment of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, ChinaButterfly magnetoresistance (BMR) and antisymmetric magnetoresistance (ASMR) are about a butterfly-cross curve and a curve with one peak and one valley when a magnetic field is swept up and down along a fixed direction. Other than the parallelogram-shaped magnetoresistance-curve (MR-curve) often observed in magnetic memory devices, BMR and ASMR are two ubiquitous types of MR-curves observed in diversified magnetic systems, including van der Waals materials, strongly correlated systems, and traditional magnets. Here, we reveal the general principles and the picture behind the BMR and the ASMR that do not depend on the detailed mechanisms of magnetoresistance: 1) The systems exhibit hysteresis loops, common for most magnetic materials with coercivities. 2) The magnetoresistance of the magnetic structures in a large positive magnetic field and in a large negative magnetic field is approximately the same. With the generalized Ohm’s law in magnetic materials, these principles explain why most BMR appears in the longitudinal resistance measurements and is very rare in the Hall resistance measurements. Simple toy models, in which the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation governs magnetization, are used to demonstrate the principles and explain the appearance and disappearance of BMR in various experiments. Our finding provides a simple picture to understand magnetoresistance-related experiments.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2022.1068605/fullbutterfly magnetoresistanceantisymmetric magnetoresistancehysteresislandau-lifshitz-gilbert equationgeneralized Ohm’s law |
| spellingShingle | H. T. Wu H. T. Wu Tai Min Z. X. Guo X. R. Wang X. R. Wang On universal butterfly and antisymmetric magnetoresistances Frontiers in Physics butterfly magnetoresistance antisymmetric magnetoresistance hysteresis landau-lifshitz-gilbert equation generalized Ohm’s law |
| title | On universal butterfly and antisymmetric magnetoresistances |
| title_full | On universal butterfly and antisymmetric magnetoresistances |
| title_fullStr | On universal butterfly and antisymmetric magnetoresistances |
| title_full_unstemmed | On universal butterfly and antisymmetric magnetoresistances |
| title_short | On universal butterfly and antisymmetric magnetoresistances |
| title_sort | on universal butterfly and antisymmetric magnetoresistances |
| topic | butterfly magnetoresistance antisymmetric magnetoresistance hysteresis landau-lifshitz-gilbert equation generalized Ohm’s law |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2022.1068605/full |
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