Inhomogeneous strain applied to lattice systems can induce artificial gauge fields for particles moving on this lattice. Here we demonstrate how to engineer a novel state of matter, namely an antiferromagnet with a Landau-level excitation spectrum of magnons. We consider a honeycomb-lattice Heisenberg model and show that triaxial strain leads to equally spaced pseudo-Landau levels at the upper end of the magnon spectrum, with degeneracies characteristic of emergent supersymmetry. We also present a particular strain protocol which induces perfectly quantized magnon Landau levels over the whole bandwidth. We discuss experimental realizations and generalizations.
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 207204 (2019) - Magnon Landau Levels and Emergent Supersymmetry in Strained Antiferromagnets
%0 Journal Article
%1 PhysRevLett.123.207204
%A Nayga, Mary Madelynn
%A Rachel, Stephan
%A Vojta, Matthias
%D 2019
%I American Physical Society
%J Phys. Rev. Lett.
%K b
%N 20
%P 207204
%R 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.207204
%T Magnon Landau levels and emergent supersymmetry in strained antiferromagnets
%U https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.207204
%V 123
%X Inhomogeneous strain applied to lattice systems can induce artificial gauge fields for particles moving on this lattice. Here we demonstrate how to engineer a novel state of matter, namely an antiferromagnet with a Landau-level excitation spectrum of magnons. We consider a honeycomb-lattice Heisenberg model and show that triaxial strain leads to equally spaced pseudo-Landau levels at the upper end of the magnon spectrum, with degeneracies characteristic of emergent supersymmetry. We also present a particular strain protocol which induces perfectly quantized magnon Landau levels over the whole bandwidth. We discuss experimental realizations and generalizations.
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abstract = {Inhomogeneous strain applied to lattice systems can induce artificial gauge fields for particles moving on this lattice. Here we demonstrate how to engineer a novel state of matter, namely an antiferromagnet with a Landau-level excitation spectrum of magnons. We consider a honeycomb-lattice Heisenberg model and show that triaxial strain leads to equally spaced pseudo-Landau levels at the upper end of the magnon spectrum, with degeneracies characteristic of emergent supersymmetry. We also present a particular strain protocol which induces perfectly quantized magnon Landau levels over the whole bandwidth. We discuss experimental realizations and generalizations.},
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author = {Nayga, Mary Madelynn and Rachel, Stephan and Vojta, Matthias},
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description = {Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 207204 (2019) - Magnon Landau Levels and Emergent Supersymmetry in Strained Antiferromagnets},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.207204},
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journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
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month = {11},
note = {cite arxiv:1903.05097Comment: 5+6 pages, 3+5 figs},
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publisher = {American Physical Society},
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title = {Magnon Landau levels and emergent supersymmetry in strained antiferromagnets},
url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.207204},
volume = 123,
year = 2019
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