Interaction-Driven Altermagnetic Magnon Chiral Splitting
Nonrelativistic magnon chiral splitting in altermagnets has garnered significant recent attention. In this Letter, we demonstrate that nonlinear three-wave mixing-where magnons split or coalesce-extends this phenomenon into unprecedented relativistic regimes. Employing a bilayer antiferromagnet with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions, we identify three distinct classes of chiral splitting, each dictated by specific symmetries, such as C_{4}T, σ_{v}T, or their combination. This reveals a novel bosonic mechanism for symmetry-protected chiral splitting, capitalizing on the unique ability of magnons to violate particle-number conservation, a feature absent in low-energy fermionic systems. Our findings pave the way for engineering altermagnetic splitting, with potential applications in advanced magnonic devices and deeper insights into magnon dynamics in complex magnetic systems.
Authors
- K. J. Chang
- Peng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3456-1848)
- Yan Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1312-9527)
- Tianci Gong
- Anonymous
- Ying Su
- Jie Liu
Institutions
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/v867-h742
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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