ArXiv · 2026
It is established that the polarity of a time-reversal-odd (T-odd) physical quantity can be reversed under the T operation. Here, we use the spin-group analysis to directly demonstrate that the T-odd magnetic spin Hall effect in ferroelectric altermagnets can be switchable by electric fields beyond the T operation. This arises from the ferroelectric switching of the nonrelativistic spin splitting, which swaps the roles of spin up and down channels in the reciprocal space. As a result, the T-odd spin conductivity that are proportional to the spin-polarized conductivity difference reverses its polarity upon polarization switching. We identify spin-group operations to switch both the polarization and the magnetic spin Hall effect simultaneously for non-centrosymmetric spin point groups. Then, we exemplify those phenomena in the ferroelectric altermagnet VOI₂ monolayer based on density functional theory calculations and an effective Hamiltonian analysis. Our findings not only provide novel strategies to switch the magnetic spin Hall effect using the dissipation-free electric field but also open a promising avenue for electrically programmable spintronic devices.
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