ArXiv · 2026
Collinear compensated magnets with nonrelativistic spin splitting comprise altermagnets (ALMs), whose rotation- or mirror-related opposite-spin sublattices produce momentum-selective splitting that vanishes at Γ, and compensated ferrimagnets (CFIMs), whose symmetry-inequivalent sublattices allow splitting throughout the Brillouin zone, including at Γ. Here, we show that the coplanar noncollinear magnetic state of multiferroic boracite Ni₃B₇O₁₃Cl hosts both motifs on distinct Ni sublattices in real space. The electronic structure and spin texture exhibit coexisting d-wave-like and s-wave-like spin-polarization components associated with the ALM and CFIM motifs, respectively. Opposite ferroelectric states exhibit reversed band-resolved spin polarizations, indicating magnetoelectric coupling, and sign reversals of linear shift and circular injection currents.
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