Electric excitation of spin resonance in altermagnetic and antiferromagnetic conductors

Abstract

We predict electric-dipole spin resonance (EDSR) in altermagnetic conductors: in a magnetic field ${\mathbf{H}}_{\perp }$, perpendicular to the magnetization axis, an AC electric field will induce a \textit{spin} resonance peak above the lower threshold frequency ${\omega }_{-}=2H_{\perp }$. In sufficiently clean samples, this peak shall be clearly visible on the background of ohmic absorption. EDSR can thus serve as a diagnostic of altermagnetism in conducting materials and as a means to distinguish it from higher-symmetry antiferromagnetic order.

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