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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus

MA 18: Functional Antiferromagnetism

MA 18.6: Talk

Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 15:15–15:30, H19

Amplifying the antiferromagnetic spin Seebeck effect through topological magnons — Feodor Svetlanov Konomaev and •Kjetil Magne Dørheim Hals — Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Agder, 4879 Grimstad, Norway

Topological magnons emerge as topologically protected spin wave states at the edges of magnets. Here, we theoretically explore how these surface states can be harnessed to amplify the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) in antiferromagnets (AFMs) interfaced with normal metals (NMs). Based on a microscopic model of a kagome AFM, we demonstrate that broken mirror symmetry, combined with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI), drives the system into a topological phase hosting spin-polarized magnons at the boundaries. Notably, linear response calculations reveal that in AFM/NM heterostructures, the topological magnons exhibit strong coupling to the metals charge carriers, resulting in a substantial enhancement of the SSE. The relative contribution of the topological magnons is found to be 4-5 times greater than that of the trivial magnon bands. Moreover, our results show that this enhancement is highly sensitive to the strength of the DMI.

Keywords: Non-collinear anitiferromagnets; Topological magnons; Spin Seebeck effect