Exceptional points in dissipatively coupled spin dynamics
Yaroslav Tserkovnyak
Abstract
Nanoscale or continuum spin systems, including simple ferromagnets and antiferromagnets, can have their spectral properties strongly affected by damping and/or pumping. In particular, dissipation can tune the magnon band structure through a series of exceptional points, which constitute special topological degeneracies with potentially dramatic consequences for response properties of magnetic materials.
Topics & Concepts
MagnonPhysicsDissipative systemBrillouin zoneSpinsCondensed matter physicsAntiferromagnetismSpin waveSpin (aerodynamics)Heisenberg modelFerromagnetismMagnetic dampingQuantum mechanicsVibrationThermodynamicsMechanical and Optical ResonatorsTopological Materials and PhenomenaNonlinear Photonic Systems