Magnon scattering and transduction in Coulomb-coupled quantum Hall ferromagnets
The magnetization field of a quantum Hall ferromagnet (QHFM) can host a variety of spin textures, including skyrmions and magnons. When projected into the lowest Landau level with $ν= 1$ filling, the topological (Pontryagin) charge density of the magnetization field is proportional to the electric charge density, allowing for long-range spin-spin interactions. Inspired by recent experimental developments that enable all-electrical generation and detection of magnons, in this work we theoretically demonstrate two phenomena that can occur due to Coulomb interactions that are unique to QHFMs: magnons can scatter off of point charges at a distance, and skyrmions can act as transmitters and receivers for magnons to be transduced between separate layers of a bilayer QHFM. The latter Coulomb-mediated spin drag effect occurs at arbitrary distance and could facilitate long-range magnonics, such as detection of spin waves for future experiments in 2D materials.
Authors
- Matthew S. Foster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6074-6934)
- Deepak Iyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4446-0012)
- Alexander Canright
Institutions
- Bucknell University (US)
- Rice University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2026-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/2p4w-mdcj
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Rice University