Elliptically polarized light irradiation converts d-wave altermagnets into Chern insulators, yielding quantized thermal Hall conductivity and gap-edge peaks in the thermoelectric Hall response.
Unconventional Altermagnetism in Quasicrystals: A Hyperspatial Projective Construction
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Altermagnetism, a novel magnetic phase characterized by symmetry-protected, momentum-dependent spin splitting and collinear compensated magnetic moments, has thus far been explored primarily in periodic crystals. In this Letter, we extend the concept of altermagnetism to quasicrystals -- aperiodic systems with long-range order and noncrystallographic rotational symmetries. Using a hyperspatial projection framework, we construct decorated Ammann-Beenker and Penrose quasicrystalline lattices with inequivalent sublattices and investigate a Hubbard model with anisotropic hopping. We demonstrate that interaction-induced N\'eel order on such lattices gives rise to alternating spin-polarized spectral functions that reflect the underlying quasicrystalline symmetry, revealing the emergence of unconventional $g$-wave (octagonal) and $h$-wave (decagonal) altermagnetism. Our symmetry analysis and low-energy effective theory further reveal unconventional altermagnetic spin splitting, which is compatible with quasicrystalline rotational symmetry. Our work shows that quasicrystals provide a fertile ground for realizing unconventional altermagnetic phases beyond crystallographic constraints, offering a platform for novel magnetisms and transport phenomena unique to quasiperiodic systems.
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D-wave altermagnets on Bi2Se3 surfaces induce a layer Hall effect with zero net Hall conductance for antiparallel Néel vectors and a quantized Chern state for parallel vectors.
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Anomalous thermoelectric and thermal Hall effects in irradiated altermagnets
Elliptically polarized light irradiation converts d-wave altermagnets into Chern insulators, yielding quantized thermal Hall conductivity and gap-edge peaks in the thermoelectric Hall response.
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Layer Hall effect induced by altermagnetism
D-wave altermagnets on Bi2Se3 surfaces induce a layer Hall effect with zero net Hall conductance for antiparallel Néel vectors and a quantized Chern state for parallel vectors.