A. Shubnic | Searcharxiv

arXiv2026

Acoustically-driven magnons in CrSBr bilayers

We study the coupling between spin excitations and acoustic waves in bilayers of CrSBr, an ambiently stable 2D magnetic material. We demonstrate that a strong dependence of inter-layer exchange coupling on strain makes possible the resonant generation of magnons by an acoustic wave. It is shown that the parameters of the generation, in particular the resonant frequency, can be tuned by an external magnetic field, which makes CrSBr a promising platform for spintronics applications.

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arXiv2024

Exciton Spin Hall Effect In Arc-Shaped Strained WSe$_2$

Generating a pure spin current using electrons, which have degrees of freedom beyond spin, such as electric charge and valley index, presents challenges. In response, we propose a novel mechanism based on intervalley exciton dynamics in {\em arc-shaped} strained transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) to achieve the {\em exciton spin Hall effect} in an electrically insulating regime, without the need for an external electric field. The interplay between strain gradients and strain-induced pseudomagnetic fields results in a net Lorentz force on long-lived intervalley excitons in WSe$_2$, carrying non-zero spin angular momentum. This process generates an exciton-mediated pure spin Hall current, resulting in opposite-sign spin accumulations and local magnetization on the two sides of the single-layer arc-shaped TMD. We demonstrate that the magnetic field induced by spin accumulation, at approximately $\sim {\rm mT}$, can be detected using techniques such as superconducting quantum interference magnetometry or spatially-resolved magneto-optical Faraday and Kerr rotations.

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