Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Discovery of coexisting Dirac and triply degenerate magnons in a three-dimensional antiferromagnet

  • Song Bao,
  • Jinghui Wang,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Zhengwei Cai,
  • Shichao Li,
  • Zhen Ma,
  • Di Wang,
  • Kejing Ran,
  • Zhao-Yang Dong,
  • D. L. Abernathy,
  • Shun-Li Yu,
  • Xiangang Wan,
  • Jian-Xin Li,
  • Jinsheng Wen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05054-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Topological magnonic materials display exotic properties which may enable high-efficiency and low-cost spintronic devices. Here the authors demonstrate a three-dimensional antiferromagnet Cu3TeO6 that hosts symmetry-protected Dirac and triply degenerate magnons.