TY - JOUR
T1 - Einstein-de Haas effect of topological magnons
AU - Li, Jun
AU - Datta, Trinanjan
AU - Yao, Dao Xin
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PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - We predict the existence of the Einstein-de Haas effect in topological magnon insulators. Temperature variation of angular momentum in the topological state shows a sign change behavior, akin to the low temperature thermal Hall conductance response. This manifests itself as a macroscopic mechanical rotation of the material hosting topological magnons. We show that an experimentally observable Einstein-de Haas effect can be measured in the square-octagon, the kagome, and the honeycomb lattices. Albeit, the effect is the strongest in the square-octagon lattice. We treat both the low and the high temperature phases using spin wave and Schwinger boson theory, respectively. We propose an experimental set up to detect our theoretical predictions. We suggest candidate square-octagon materials where our theory can be tested.
AB - We predict the existence of the Einstein-de Haas effect in topological magnon insulators. Temperature variation of angular momentum in the topological state shows a sign change behavior, akin to the low temperature thermal Hall conductance response. This manifests itself as a macroscopic mechanical rotation of the material hosting topological magnons. We show that an experimentally observable Einstein-de Haas effect can be measured in the square-octagon, the kagome, and the honeycomb lattices. Albeit, the effect is the strongest in the square-octagon lattice. We treat both the low and the high temperature phases using spin wave and Schwinger boson theory, respectively. We propose an experimental set up to detect our theoretical predictions. We suggest candidate square-octagon materials where our theory can be tested.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.023248
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.023248
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85113149230
SN - 2643-1564
VL - 3
JO - Physical Review Research
JF - Physical Review Research
IS - 2
M1 - 023248
ER -