Physical Review BPub Date : 2024-11-06DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.110.195117
Han Yan (闫寒), Judit Romhányi, Andreas Thomasen, Nic Shannon
{"title":"Pinch points and half moons encode Berry curvature","authors":"Han Yan (闫寒), Judit Romhányi, Andreas Thomasen, Nic Shannon","doi":"10.1103/physrevb.110.195117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.195117","url":null,"abstract":"“Half moons,” distinctive crescent patterns in the dynamical structure factor, have been identified in inelastic neutron scattering experiments for a wide range of frustrated magnets. In an earlier paper [H. Yan <i>et al.</i>, <span>Phys. Rev. B</span> <b>98</b>, 140402(R) (2018)] we have shown how these features are linked to the local constraints realized in classical spin liquids. Here, we explore their implication for the topology of magnon bands. The presence of half moons indicates a separation of magnetic degrees of freedom into irrotational and incompressible components. Where bands satisfying these constraints meet, it is at a singular point encoding Berry curvature of <mjx-container ctxtmenu_counter=\"27\" ctxtmenu_oldtabindex=\"1\" jax=\"CHTML\" overflow=\"linebreak\" role=\"tree\" sre-explorer- style=\"font-size: 100.7%;\" tabindex=\"0\"><mjx-math data-semantic-structure=\"(5 0 (4 1 3 2))\"><mjx-mrow data-semantic-children=\"4\" data-semantic-content=\"0\" data-semantic- data-semantic-owns=\"0 4\" data-semantic-role=\"addition\" data-semantic-speech=\"plus or minus 2 pi\" data-semantic-type=\"prefixop\"><mjx-mo data-semantic- data-semantic-operator=\"prefixop,±\" data-semantic-parent=\"5\" data-semantic-role=\"addition\" data-semantic-type=\"operator\"><mjx-c>±</mjx-c></mjx-mo><mjx-mrow data-semantic-added=\"true\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple;clearspeak:unit\" data-semantic-children=\"1,2\" data-semantic-content=\"3\" data-semantic- data-semantic-owns=\"1 3 2\" data-semantic-parent=\"5\" data-semantic-role=\"implicit\" data-semantic-type=\"infixop\"><mjx-mn data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"normal\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"4\" data-semantic-role=\"integer\" data-semantic-type=\"number\"><mjx-c>2</mjx-c></mjx-mn><mjx-mo data-semantic-added=\"true\" data-semantic- data-semantic-operator=\"infixop,\" data-semantic-parent=\"4\" data-semantic-role=\"multiplication\" data-semantic-type=\"operator\"><mjx-c></mjx-c></mjx-mo><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"4\" data-semantic-role=\"greekletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c>𝜋</mjx-c></mjx-mi></mjx-mrow></mjx-mrow></mjx-math></mjx-container>. Interactions which mix the bands open a gap, resolving the singularity, and leading to bands with finite Berry curvature, accompanied by characteristic changes to half-moon motifs. These results imply that inelastic neutron scattering can, in some cases, be used to make rigorous inference about the topological nature of magnon bands.","PeriodicalId":20082,"journal":{"name":"Physical Review B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142588997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physical Review BPub Date : 2024-11-06DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.110.205114
Pavlo Sukhachov, Jacob Linder
{"title":"Impurity-induced Friedel oscillations in altermagnets and𝑝-wave magnets","authors":"Pavlo Sukhachov, Jacob Linder","doi":"10.1103/physrevb.110.205114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.205114","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate the Friedel oscillations of the local density of states (LDOS) induced by a single impurity with both a spin-independent potential and an exchange coupling to the electrons in altermagnets and unconventional <mjx-container ctxtmenu_counter=\"104\" ctxtmenu_oldtabindex=\"1\" jax=\"CHTML\" overflow=\"linebreak\" role=\"tree\" sre-explorer- style=\"font-size: 100.7%;\" tabindex=\"0\"><mjx-math data-semantic-structure=\"0\"><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic- data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-speech=\"p\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c>𝑝</mjx-c></mjx-mi></mjx-math></mjx-container>-wave magnets. We identify features that make the Friedel oscillations and magnetization distinct from other materials with nontrivial spin texture such as Rashba metals. Because time-reversal symmetry is broken in altermagnets, both magnetic and nonmagnetic impurities lead to local magnetization with the spatial pattern that reflects the symmetry of the altermagnetic splitting. The period of the corresponding oscillations provides an alternative way to quantify the altermagnetic spin splitting and the shape of the altermagnetic bands. The LDOS pattern in <mjx-container ctxtmenu_counter=\"105\" ctxtmenu_oldtabindex=\"1\" jax=\"CHTML\" overflow=\"linebreak\" role=\"tree\" sre-explorer- style=\"font-size: 100.7%;\" tabindex=\"0\"><mjx-math data-semantic-structure=\"0\"><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic- data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-speech=\"p\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c>𝑝</mjx-c></mjx-mi></mjx-math></mjx-container>-wave magnets, which respect combined time-reversal and translation symmetries, is rich. It reveals anisotropy related directly to the spin splitting, but surprisingly also features LDOS oscillations with a doubled period in the proximity of the impurity. The latter effect is also observed in a Rashba metal with an exchange field and originates from the interplay of propagating and evanescent waves. The obtained results are instrumental for investigating altermagnets and unconventional <mjx-container ctxtmenu_counter=\"106\" ctxtmenu_oldtabindex=\"1\" jax=\"CHTML\" overflow=\"linebreak\" role=\"tree\" sre-explorer- style=\"font-size: 100.7%;\" tabindex=\"0\"><mjx-math data-semantic-structure=\"0\"><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic- data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-speech=\"p\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c>𝑝</mjx-c></mjx-mi></mjx-math></mjx-container>-wave magnets via tunneling probes.","PeriodicalId":20082,"journal":{"name":"Physical Review B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142589004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physical Review BPub Date : 2024-11-06DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.110.174409
C. Spezzaniet al.
{"title":"Circular dichroism experiments at the𝐿edge of magnetic transition metals enabled by elliptically polarized pulses from a seeded free-electron laser","authors":"C. Spezzaniet al.","doi":"10.1103/physrevb.110.174409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.174409","url":null,"abstract":"We have generated elliptically polarized femtosecond pulses from a seeded free-electron laser (FEL) in the spectral range 700–800 eV and conducted demonstrative experiments based on magnetic circular dichroism, at the Fe <mjx-container ctxtmenu_counter=\"29\" ctxtmenu_oldtabindex=\"1\" jax=\"CHTML\" overflow=\"linebreak\" role=\"tree\" sre-explorer- style=\"font-size: 100.7%;\" tabindex=\"0\"><mjx-math data-semantic-structure=\"(2 0 1)\"><mjx-msub data-semantic-children=\"0,1\" data-semantic- data-semantic-owns=\"0 1\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-speech=\"upper L 3\" data-semantic-type=\"subscript\"><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"2\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c>𝐿</mjx-c></mjx-mi><mjx-script style=\"vertical-align: -0.15em;\"><mjx-mn data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"normal\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"2\" data-semantic-role=\"integer\" data-semantic-type=\"number\" size=\"s\"><mjx-c>3</mjx-c></mjx-mn></mjx-script></mjx-msub></mjx-math></mjx-container> edge. This was achieved by making use of the radiation produced at the third harmonic of the fundamental FEL wavelength <i>λ</i>. A planar radiator emits linearly polarized harmonics along the undulator axis, while a helical undulator produces off-axis harmonic radiation with circular polarization. However, off-axis circularly polarized light is characterized by a rather low flux and, as a result, it is unsuitable for most experiments that rely on circular dichroism. Here, we demonstrate that on-axis radiation with a substantial degree of circular polarization at <i>λ</i>/3 can be generated using a variable-polarization (APPLE-type) radiator, finely tuned in a hybrid-polarization mode. The experiments, which demonstrate the potential of the adopted configuration for magnetic dichroism studies, were carried out at the FERMI FEL facility in Trieste (Italy). These results pave the way to experiments at the <mjx-container ctxtmenu_counter=\"30\" ctxtmenu_oldtabindex=\"1\" jax=\"CHTML\" overflow=\"linebreak\" role=\"tree\" sre-explorer- style=\"font-size: 100.7%;\" tabindex=\"0\"><mjx-math data-semantic-structure=\"(9 (6 0 5 1) 2 (8 3 7 4))\"><mjx-mrow data-semantic-children=\"6,8\" data-semantic-content=\"2\" data-semantic- data-semantic-owns=\"6 2 8\" data-semantic-role=\"subtraction\" data-semantic-speech=\"2 p minus 3 d\" data-semantic-type=\"infixop\"><mjx-mrow data-semantic-added=\"true\" data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple;clearspeak:unit\" data-semantic-children=\"0,1\" data-semantic-content=\"5\" data-semantic- data-semantic-owns=\"0 5 1\" data-semantic-parent=\"9\" data-semantic-role=\"implicit\" data-semantic-type=\"infixop\"><mjx-mn data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"normal\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"6\" data-semantic-role=\"integer\" data-semantic-type=\"number\"><mjx-c>2</mjx-c></mjx-mn><mjx-mo data-semantic-added=\"true\" data-semantic-","PeriodicalId":20082,"journal":{"name":"Physical Review B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142589103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physical Review BPub Date : 2024-11-06DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.110.184201
Stefano Longhi
{"title":"Resonances, mobility edges, and gap-protected Anderson localization in generalized disordered mosaic lattices","authors":"Stefano Longhi","doi":"10.1103/physrevb.110.184201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.184201","url":null,"abstract":"Mosaic lattice models have been recently introduced as a special class of disordered systems displaying resonance energies, multiple mobility edges, and anomalous transport properties. In such systems on-site potential disorder, either uncorrelated or incommensurate, is introduced solely at every equally spaced site within the lattice, with a spacing <mjx-container ctxtmenu_counter=\"56\" ctxtmenu_oldtabindex=\"1\" jax=\"CHTML\" overflow=\"linebreak\" role=\"tree\" sre-explorer- style=\"font-size: 100.7%;\" tabindex=\"0\"><mjx-math data-semantic-structure=\"(3 0 1 2)\"><mjx-mrow data-semantic-children=\"0,2\" data-semantic-content=\"1\" data-semantic- data-semantic-owns=\"0 1 2\" data-semantic-role=\"inequality\" data-semantic-speech=\"upper M greater than or equals 2\" data-semantic-type=\"relseq\"><mjx-mi data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"italic\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"3\" data-semantic-role=\"latinletter\" data-semantic-type=\"identifier\"><mjx-c>𝑀</mjx-c></mjx-mi><mjx-mo data-semantic- data-semantic-operator=\"relseq,≥\" data-semantic-parent=\"3\" data-semantic-role=\"inequality\" data-semantic-type=\"relation\" space=\"4\"><mjx-c>≥</mjx-c></mjx-mo><mjx-mn data-semantic-annotation=\"clearspeak:simple\" data-semantic-font=\"normal\" data-semantic- data-semantic-parent=\"3\" data-semantic-role=\"integer\" data-semantic-type=\"number\" space=\"4\"><mjx-c>2</mjx-c></mjx-mn></mjx-mrow></mjx-math></mjx-container>. A remarkable property of disordered mosaic lattices is the persistence of extended states at some resonance frequencies that prevent complete Anderson localization, even in the strong disorder regime. Here we introduce a broader class of mosaic lattices and derive general expressions of mobility edges and localization length for incommensurate sinusoidal disorder, which generalize previous results [Y. Wang <i>et al.</i>, <span>Phys. Rev. Lett.</span> <b>125</b>, 196604 (2020).]. For both incommensurate and uncorrelated disorder, we prove that Anderson localization is protected by the open gaps of the disorder-free lattice, and derive some general criteria for complete Anderson localization. The results are illustrated by considering a few models, such as the mosaic Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model and the trimer mosaic lattice.","PeriodicalId":20082,"journal":{"name":"Physical Review B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142588994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strongly interacting bosons in a one-dimensional disordered lattice: Phase coherence of distorted Mott phases","authors":"Barnali Chakrabarti, Arnaldo Gammal, Luca Salasnich","doi":"10.1103/physrevb.110.184202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.184202","url":null,"abstract":"We explore the consequences of disorder on phase coherence in the Mott insulator phases in an optical lattice. Few bosons with contact interaction in small optical lattice can feature varieties of insulating phases—weakly interacting Mott in deep lattice, maximally fragmented and strongly interacting Mott in intermediate lattice, weak Mott with double filling and intrawell coherence, fermionized Mott with strong intrawell coherence. Utilization of the multiconfigurational time-dependent Hartree method for bosons to solve the many-boson Schrödinger equation, facilitates to understand the microscopic effect of disorder on the different kinds of Mott phases in the primary lattice. The many-body properties are analyzed by distinct measures of the reduced one-body density in real and momentum space, fragmentation, order parameter, variance of spatial single-shot measurements, compressibility, and the Glauber normalized correlation functions. We find very complex competition of localization due to disorder and Mott correlation. We observe distinct response of four different Mott phases in the disordered lattice. When the weakly interacting Mott exhibits the Bose glass phase, the strongly correlated and fully fragmented Mott exhibits leakage, melting and central localization. In contrast, weak Mott with double filling which is a spatially separated dimer in each site, exhibits only some dissociation of intrawell coherence and assist in the development of interwell coherence in the presence of strong disorder. For the fermionized Mott, when the density in each well is fragmented, strong disorder interferes with the intrawell correlation and the characteristic dip in each site starts to disappear leading to simple Mott localization with a pair of bosons.","PeriodicalId":20082,"journal":{"name":"Physical Review B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142588999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Physical Review BPub Date : 2024-11-05DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.110.184302
Kejun Li, Vsevolod D. Dergachev, Ilya D. Dergachev, Shimin Zhang, Sergey A. Varganov, Yuan Ping
{"title":"Excited-state dynamics and optically detected magnetic resonance of solid-state spin defects from first principles","authors":"Kejun Li, Vsevolod D. Dergachev, Ilya D. Dergachev, Shimin Zhang, Sergey A. Varganov, Yuan Ping","doi":"10.1103/physrevb.110.184302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.184302","url":null,"abstract":"Optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) is an efficient and reliable method that enables initialization and readout of spin states through the spin-photon interface. In general, high quantum efficiency and large spin-dependent photoluminescence contrast are desirable for reliable quantum information readout. However, reliable prediction of the ODMR contrast from first-principles requires an accurate description of complex spin polarization mechanisms of spin defects. These mechanisms often include multiple radiative and nonradiative processes, in particular, intersystem crossing (ISC) among multiple excited electronic states. In this work, we present our implementation of the first-principles ODMR contrast by solving the kinetic master equation with calculated rates from <i>ab initio</i> electronic structure methods then benchmark the implementation on the case of the negatively charged nitrogen vacancy center in diamond. We show the importance of the correct description of multireference electronic states and pseudo Jahn-Teller effect for quantitatively, even qualitatively correct prediction of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) and the rate of ISC. We present the complete calculation of SOC for different ISC processes that align with both group theory and experimental observations. Moreover, we provide a comprehensive picture of excitation and relaxation dynamics, including previously unexplored internal conversion processes. We show good agreement between our first-principles calculations and the experimental ODMR contrast under magnetic field. We then demonstrate reliable predictions of magnetic field direction, pump power, and Rabi frequency as important parameters for ODMR experiments. Our work clarifies the important excited-state relaxation mechanisms determining ODMR contrast and provides a predictive computational platform for spin polarization and optical readout of solid-state quantum defects from first principles.","PeriodicalId":20082,"journal":{"name":"Physical Review B","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142588424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}