Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Spin Density by skew scattering
Authors: Adam B. Cahaya, Alejandro O. Leon
Abstract: Anisotropic exchange couplings, such as the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI), have played a vital role in the formation and dynamics of spin textures. This work predicts an anisotropic conduction electron spin density in metals with heavy magnetic impurities. The polarization of this \textit{Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Spin Density} (DM-SD) is not collinear to the localized magnetic moments but rotated by the spin-dependent skew scattering of heavy atoms. Furthermore, the DM-SD mediates the DMI between magnetic atoms in metals, and therefore it plays the same role as the spin density that couples distant magnetic impurities in metals. Indeed, the DM-SD is the anisotropic extension of the Rutherman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yoshida spin density. Our model consists of two localized magnetic moments, one with a large spin-orbit coupling (a lanthanide), in a free electron gas. The lanthanide spin controls the DM-SD's strength and polarization, promising a flexible control mechanism for anisotropic couplings.
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