Colloquium: Topological band theory

A Bansil, H Lin, T Das - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2016 - APS
The first-principles band theory paradigm has been a key player not only in the process of
discovering new classes of topologically interesting materials, but also for identifying salient …

The quantum anomalous Hall effect: theory and experiment

CX Liu, SC Zhang, XL Qi - Annual Review of Condensed Matter …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The quantum anomalous Hall effect is defined as a quantized Hall effect realized in a system
without an external magnetic field. The quantum anomalous Hall effect is a novel …

Large anomalous Hall effect driven by a nonvanishing Berry curvature in the noncolinear antiferromagnet Mn3Ge

AK Nayak, JE Fischer, Y Sun, B Yan, J Karel… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
It is well established that the anomalous Hall effect displayed by a ferromagnet scales with
its magnetization. Therefore, an antiferromagnet that has no net magnetization should …

Topological phases in two-dimensional materials: a review

Y Ren, Z Qiao, Q Niu - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Topological phases with insulating bulk and gapless surface or edge modes have attracted
intensive attention because of their fundamental physics implications and potential …

Topological nature of nonlinear optical effects in solids

T Morimoto, N Nagaosa - Science advances, 2016 - science.org
There are a variety of nonlinear optical effects including higher harmonic generations,
photovoltaic effects, and nonlinear Kerr rotations. They are realized by strong light irradiation …

Large anomalous Hall effect in a half-Heusler antiferromagnet

T Suzuki, R Chisnell, A Devarakonda, YT Liu, W Feng… - Nature Physics, 2016 - nature.com
The quantum mechanical (Berry) phase of the electronic wavefunction plays a critical role in
the anomalous, and spin Hall effects,, including their quantized limits,,. While progress has …

Giant facet-dependent spin-orbit torque and spin Hall conductivity in the triangular antiferromagnet IrMn3

W Zhang, W Han, SH Yang, Y Sun, Y Zhang, B Yan… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
There has been considerable interest in spin-orbit torques for the purpose of manipulating
the magnetization of ferromagnetic elements for spintronic technologies. Spin-orbit torques …

Spin transport at interfaces with spin-orbit coupling: Formalism

VP Amin, MD Stiles - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We generalize magnetoelectronic circuit theory to account for spin transfer to and from the
atomic lattice via interfacial spin-orbit coupling. This enables a proper treatment of spin …

Magnon spin Nernst effect in antiferromagnets

VA Zyuzin, AA Kovalev - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
We predict that a temperature gradient can induce a magnon-mediated spin Hall response
in an antiferromagnet with nontrivial magnon Berry curvature. We develop a linear response …

Spin-transfer torque memories: Devices, circuits, and systems

X Fong, Y Kim, R Venkatesan, SH Choday… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spin-transfer torque magnetic memory (STT-MRAM) has gained significant research interest
due to its nonvolatility and zero standby leakage, near unlimited endurance, excellent …