Linearly polarized light breaks spin-sector symmetry in d-wave altermagnets, inducing transitions from quantum spin Hall to spin-polarized Chern insulator to trivial states, with all anomalous transport coefficients showing d-wave angular dependence and some becoming quantized.
Spin-up (solid teal) and spin-down (dashed orange) bands evolve differently; the spin-down gap closes atA c1 0 producing the Chern phase, while the spin-up gap closes atA c2 0
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Light-Induced Topological Phase Transitions and Anomalous Thermal Transport in d-Wave Altermagnets
Linearly polarized light breaks spin-sector symmetry in d-wave altermagnets, inducing transitions from quantum spin Hall to spin-polarized Chern insulator to trivial states, with all anomalous transport coefficients showing d-wave angular dependence and some becoming quantized.