RESEARCH INTEREST
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PUBLICATIONS
RESEARCH INTEREST
&
PUBLICATIONS
Research Interest:
Broadly, I am interested in novel transport properties in quantum materials, which are induced by the geometric properties of the system. My current work is related to spin transport ( spin magnetization, spin current).
Preprints:
Sankar Sarkar* and Amit Agarwal, "Spin-split magnon bands induce pure spin current in insulating altermagnets" (2025), [Link: arXiv, pdf].
Altermagnets offer a promising platform for dissipationless spin transport by combining zero net magnetization with spontaneous non-relativistic spin splitting. However, their magnonic transport properties remain largely unexplored. Here, we develop a quantum-kinetic theory for thermally driven magnon currents that cleanly separates Berry-curvature-driven intrinsic contributions from Drude-like scattering-dependent terms. Applying this framework to a collinear honeycomb antiferromagnet with anisotropic next-nearest-neighbor exchange and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, we reveal spin-split magnon bands that support both intrinsic and extrinsic spin Nernst and Seebeck currents. For realistic parameters, we predict a sizable magnon spin-splitting angle (about 3.3 degrees) and a pure transverse spin current capable of exerting a strong spin-splitter torque suitable for magnetization switching.