Published April 10, 2024 | Version v1
Journal article

Compensated Ferrimagnets with Colossal Spin Splitting in Organic Compounds

Description

The study of the magnetic order has recently been invigorated by the discovery of exotic collinear antiferromagnets with time-reversal symmetry breaking. Examples include altermagnets and compensated ferrimagnets, which show spin splittings of the electronic band structures even at zero net magnetization, leading to several unique transport phenomena, notably spin-current generation. Altermagnets demonstrate anisotropic spin splitting, such as d-wave, in momentum space, whereas compensated ferrimagnets exhibit isotropic spin splitting. However, methods to realize compensated ferrimagnets are limited. Here, we demonstrate a method to realize a fully compensated ferrimagnet with isotropic spin splitting utilizing the dimer structures inherent in organic compounds. Moreover, based on ab initio calculations, we find that this compensated ferrimagnet can be realized in the recently discovered organic compound (EDOTTFI)2ClO4. Our findings provide an unprecedented strategy for using the dimer degrees of freedom in organic compounds to realize fully compensated ferrimagnets with colossal spin splitting.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.156502;
arXiv
arXiv:2312.00367;
Crossref Funder ID
10.13039/501100001691; 10.13039/501100002241; 10.13039/501100004721;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
132
Journal Issue
15
Journal Page Range
6 pgs.
ISSN
0031-9007

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Copyright
© 2024 American Physical Society
Contract/Grant/Project number
23H03818; 23KJ1065; 15K05166; 22K18683; 22K03526; 21H01793; JP20H05869; JPMJSP2125
Notes
Contact Email: Corresponding author: tmisawa@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp; Record automatically processed
Funding organization
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Japan Science and Technology Agency; University of Tokyo