Observation of the Magnon Hall Magnetoresistance Effect

Interconversion between charge and spin currents via spin-orbit coupling underpins spin orbitronics. Magnons, which are the quanta of spin waves, can exchange angular momentum with conduction-electron spins through spin-flip scattering, suggesting a direct route for charge-to-magnon conversion. Here, we predict that in single-layer ferromagnets, an applied electric current induces a transverse magnon current, producing electrical magnon Hall and inverse magnon Hall effects that share the symmetry of the spin Hall and inverse spin Hall effects. This effect gives rise to a magnon Hall magnetoresistance in CoFeB and NiFe, with an efficiency comparable to the spin Hall effect and a characteristic decay length on the order of micrometers, far exceeding typical electron spin diffusion lengths. By enabling the direct generation and detection of long-range magnon currents, our findings open new pathways for low-loss, on-chip spin-based logic and energy-harvesting devices.