Spin+A-magnets: Computational spintronics with altermagnets and antiferromagnets (A03)

• Subject Area: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 268565370

Project A03 investigates spin-dependent phenomena in the recently discovered altermagnetic phase and merge this breakthrough with our achievements in antiferromagnetic spintronics, both obtained during the previous funding periods. Altermagnets exhibit an unconventional spin-polarized d/g/i-wave band structure in reciprocal space, giving them some properties unique to altermagnets, as well as certain properties of ferromagnets, and antiferromagnets, favorable for spintronics. In the next funding period, we will explore spin-dependent transport, spin-torques, and optical effects in altermagnets, both in the electronic and magnonic sector, and their comparison with antiferromagnets, including altermagnetic/antiferromagnetic hybrid systems.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 173: Spin+X: Spin in its collective environment
• Applicant Institution: Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau
• Co-Applicant Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
• Project Heads: Professor Jairo Sinova, Ph.D.; Dr. Libor Smejkal