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Supermagnonic Propagation in Two-Dimensional Antiferromagnets

G. Fabiani, M. D. Bouman, Johan H. Mentink

2021Physical Review Letters22 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

We investigate the propagation of magnons after ultrashort perturbations of the exchange interaction in the prototype two-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnet. Using the recently proposed neural quantum states, we predict highly anisotropic spreading in space constrained by the symmetry of the perturbation. Interestingly, the propagation speed at the shortest length scale and timescale is up to 40% higher than the highest magnon velocity. We argue that the enhancement stems from extraordinary strong magnon-magnon interactions, suggesting new avenues for manipulating information transfer on ultrashort length scales and timescales.

Topics & Concepts

MagnonPhysicsAnisotropyAntiferromagnetismQuantumCondensed matter physicsHeisenberg modelLength scaleQuantum mechanicsFerromagnetismPhysics of Superconductivity and MagnetismMagnetic properties of thin filmsQuantum and electron transport phenomena
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