Soliton-like magnetization textures in non-collinear antiferromagnets

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates control over magnetization textures in noncollinear antiferromagnets, revealing their potential for spintronic applications through a new theoretical framework for long-wavelength excitations.

Contribution

It introduces an effective theory for magnetization textures in noncollinear antiferromagnets, enabling manipulation of domain walls and localized excitations.

Findings

Identification of topologically protected localized textures

Application to Mn3X materials with X=Ir, Rh, Pt

Derivation of an effective theory for long-wavelength excitations

Abstract

We show that proper control of magnetization textures can be achieved in noncollinear antiferromagnets. This opens the versatile toolbox of domain-wall manipulation in the context of a different family of materials. In this way, we show that noncollinear antiferromagnets are a good prospect for applications in the context of antiferromagnetic spintronics. As in many noncollinear antiferromagnets, the order parameter field takes values in SO(3). By performing a gradient expansion in the energy functional we derive an effective theory that accounts for the physics of the magnetization of long-wavelength excitations. We apply our formalism to static and dynamic textures such as domain walls and localized oscillations, and identify topologically protected textures that are spatially localized. Our results are applicable to the exchange-bias materials Mn3X, with X = Ir, Rh, Pt.