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Topological phonon-magnon hybrid excitations in a two-dimensional honeycomb ferromagnet

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We develop a phonon-magnon interaction model for the two-dimensional honeycomb ferromagnet and calculate the band structure of the hybrid phonon-magnon excitation. When the phonon (either acoustic or optical) energy overlaps… Click to show full abstract

We develop a phonon-magnon interaction model for the two-dimensional honeycomb ferromagnet and calculate the band structure of the hybrid phonon-magnon excitation. When the phonon (either acoustic or optical) energy overlaps with the magnon energy, the degeneracies at the crossing points are lifted by the phonon-magnon interaction, leading to topological band inversion. We show that the Berry curvatures and Chern numbers are nonzero around the phonon-magnon band-crossing areas but vanish throughout the rest of the Brillouin zone. We calculate the thermal Hall conductance enabled by the phonon-magnon interaction, which is also an indicator of nontrivial topological properties. In addition, we show that band topologies can be manipulated by varying spin-exchange coupling strengths and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions strengths.

Keywords: honeycomb ferromagnet; two dimensional; phonon; dimensional honeycomb; phonon magnon

Journal Title: Physical Review B
Year Published: 2021

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