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Extremely strong spin-orbit coupling effect in light element altermagnetic materials

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Shuai Qu, Zhen-Feng Ouyang, Ze-Feng Gao, Hao Sun, Kai Liu, Peng-Jie Guo#, Zhong-Yi Lu#

Frontiers of Physics, 21(4): 045203, 2026

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In this paper, we demonstrate that strong spin-orbit coupling effect can be realized in light element altermagnetic materials, and propose a mechanism for realizing the corresponding effective spin-orbit coupling. This mechanism reveals the cooperative effect of crystal symmetry, electron occupation, electronegativity, electron correlation, and intrinsic spin-orbit coupling. Our work not only promotes the understanding of light element compounds with strong spin-orbit coupling effect, but also provides an alternative for realizing light element compounds with an effective strong spin-orbit coupling.