Multiple Zeeman-type hidden spin splittings in PT-symmetric layered antiferromagnets
PHYSICAL REVIEW B(2024)
摘要
Centrosymmetric antiferromagnetic semiconductors, although abundant in nature, appear less favorable in spintronics owing to the lack of inherent spin polarization and magnetization. We unveil hidden Zeeman-type spin splitting in layered centrosymmetric antiferromagnets with asymmetric sublayer structures through first-principles simulations and symmetry analysis. Taking the bilayer counterpart of recently synthesized monolayer MnSe, we demonstrate that the degenerate states around specific k points spatially segregate on different sublayers forming PT-symmetric pairs. Furthermore, degenerate states exhibit uniform in-plane spin configurations with opposite orientations enforced by mirror symmetry. Bands are locally Zeeman split up to order of similar to 70meV. Strikingly, a tiny electric field of a few mV & Aring;-1 along the z direction breaks the double degeneracy forming additional Zeeman pairs. The design principle to obtain Zeeman-type splitting in centrosymmetric antiferromagnets established here expands the range of materials among which to look for spintronics.
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