Strain Engineering of Photo-induced Topological Phases in 2D Ferromagnets
arXiv:2303.03305 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.107.235410
Abstract
We argue that strain engineering is a powerful tool which may facilitate the experimental realization and control of topological phases in laser-driven 2D ferromagnetic systems. To this extent, we show that by applying a circularly polarized laser field to a 2D honeycomb ferromagnet which is uniaxially strained in either the zig-zag or armchair direction, it is possible to generate a synthetic Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) tunable by the intensity of the applied electric field, as well as by the magnitude of applied strain. Such deformations enable transitions to phases with opposite sign of Chern number, or to trivial phases. These are basic results that could pave the way for the development of a new field of Strain Engineered Topological Spintronics (SETS).
11 pages; enlarged version relatively to version V1; Accepted for publication in Physical Review B
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