Magnon transport in noncollinear spin textures: Anisotropies and topological magnon Hall effects

Abstract

We analyze signatures of noncollinear spin textures in the magnon transport of both spin and heat by means of atomistic spin dynamics. The influence of the spin texture is demonstrated for a spin spiral and for a skyrmion lattice on a frustrated antiferromagnet. Spin spirals show an anisotropy in the longitudinal transport, whereas skyrmion lattices exhibit transverse transport, which is interpreted in terms of topology and establishes skyrmion-induced versions of magnon Hall effects. The conductivities depend sensitively on the spiral pitch and on the skyrmion size; we predict magnon Hall angles as large as 60%.