Ferrotoroidic Moment as a Quantum Geometric Phase
arXiv:0811.3656 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.077203
Abstract
We present a geometric characterization of the ferrotoroidic moment in terms of a set of Abelian Berry phases. We also introduce a fundamental complex quantity which provides an alternative way to calculate the ferrotoroidic moment and its moments, and is derived from a second order tensor. This geometric framework defines a natural computational approach for density functional and many-body theories.
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