Evidence for spin current driven Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons

B. Divinskiy; H. Merbouche; V. E. Demidov; K. O. Nikolaev; L. Soumah; D. Gouéré; R. Lebrun; V. Cros; Jamal Ben Youssef; P. Bortolotti; A. Anane; S. O. Demokritov

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26790-y

Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Evidence for spin current driven Bose-Einstein condensation of magnons

B. Divinskiy,
H. Merbouche,
V. E. Demidov,
K. O. Nikolaev,
L. Soumah,
D. Gouéré,
R. Lebrun,
V. Cros,
Jamal Ben Youssef,
P. Bortolotti,
A. Anane,
S. O. Demokritov

Affiliations

B. Divinskiy: Institute for Applied Physics, University of Muenster
H. Merbouche: Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay
V. E. Demidov: Institute for Applied Physics, University of Muenster
K. O. Nikolaev: Institute for Applied Physics, University of Muenster
L. Soumah: Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay
D. Gouéré: Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay
R. Lebrun: Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay
V. Cros: Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay
Jamal Ben Youssef: LABSTICC, UMR 6285 CNRS, Université de Bretagne Occidentale
P. Bortolotti: Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay
A. Anane: Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay
S. O. Demokritov: Institute for Applied Physics, University of Muenster

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26790-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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A gas of magnons, quantised magnetic excitations, can be driven into a Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) state even at room temperature. Here, Divinskiy et al show that it is possible to achieve stationary equilibrium room-temperature magnon BEC via a spin-current.’

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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