Electromagnetic response in spiral magnets and emergent inductance

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Abstract
Emergent electromagnetism in magnets originates from the strong coupling between conduction electron spins and those of noncollinear ordered moments and the consequent Berry phase. This offers possibilities to develop new functions of quantum transport and optical responses. The emergent inductance in spiral magnets is an example recently proposed and experimentally demonstrated, using the emergent electric field induced by alternating currents. However, the microscopic theory of this phenomenon is missing, which should reveal factors to determine the magnitude, sign, frequency dependence, and nonlinearity of the inductanceL. Here we theoretically study electromagnetic responses of spiral magnets by taking into account their collective modes. In sharp contrast to collinear spin-density wave, the system remains metallic even in one dimension, and the canonical conjugate relation of uniform magnetization and phason coordinate plays an essential role, determining the properties ofL. This result opens a way to design the emergent inductance of desired properties.
Funding Information
  • Riken Special Postdoctoral Researcher Program
  • MEXT | JST | Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (JPMJCR1874, JPMJCR16F1)
  • MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18H03676)

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