TY - JOUR
T1 - Electron localization or delocalization in incommensurate helical magnets
AU - Tanaka, Shu
AU - Katsura, Hosho
AU - Nagaosa, Naoto
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The electronic states in incommensurate helical magnets are studied theoretically from the viewpoint of the localization or delocalization. It is found that in the multiband system with a relativistic spin-orbit interaction, the electronic wave functions show both an extended and localized nature along the helical axis depending on the orbital, helical wave number, and the direction of the plane on which spins rotate. The possible realization of this localization is discussed.
AB - The electronic states in incommensurate helical magnets are studied theoretically from the viewpoint of the localization or delocalization. It is found that in the multiband system with a relativistic spin-orbit interaction, the electronic wave functions show both an extended and localized nature along the helical axis depending on the orbital, helical wave number, and the direction of the plane on which spins rotate. The possible realization of this localization is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.116404
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.116404
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748701045
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 97
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 11
M1 - 116404
ER -