Abstract
The multiferroic ferrimagnet Cu2OSeO3 with a chiral crystal structure has attracted a lot of recent attention due to the emergence of a magnetic skyrmion order in this material. Here, the topological properties of its magnon excitations are systematically investigated by linear spin-wave theory and inelastic neutron scattering.
When considering Heisenberg exchange interactions only, two degenerate Weyl magnon nodes with topological charges +/- 2 are observed at high-symmetry points. EachWeyl point splits into two as the symmetry of the system is further reduced by including into consideration the nearest-neighbor Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, crucial for obtaining an accurate fit to the experimental spin-wave spectrum.
Also, one additional pair of Weyl points appears near the R point. The predicted topological properties are verified by surface state and Chern number analysis.
Additionally, we predict that a measurable thermal Hall conductivity can be associated with the emergence of the Weyl points, the position and number of which can be tuned by modifying the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in the system.