Coherent Phonon Negative Refraction via Interfacial Momentum Compensation
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| author | Chen, Hao Ding, Zhong-Ke Luo, Nannan Zeng, Jiang Tang, Li-Ming Chen, Ke-Qiu |
| author_facet | Chen, Hao Ding, Zhong-Ke Luo, Nannan Zeng, Jiang Tang, Li-Ming Chen, Ke-Qiu |
| contents | Negative refraction of coherent phonons is crucial for thermal management and quantum information processing, but it remains unrealized because achieving the suitable dispersion for negative refraction simultaneously with long-range coherence is challenging. In this letter, we overcome this limitation by introducing a momentum compensation mechanism mediated by discrete translational symmetry. Interfacial reciprocal lattice vectors provide momentum compensation during phonon tunneling and induce asymmetric mode matching, resulting in negative refraction without requiring strong dispersion anisotropy or a negative-curvature band. Using non-equilibrium Green's function formalism, we demonstrate coherent negative refraction of isotropic acoustic phonons in graphene/hexagonal boron nitride heterostructures. This general mechanism enables active control of phonon flow via interfacial design, paving the way for applications in atomic-scale phonon lenses and directional thermal transport. |
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| spellingShingle | Coherent Phonon Negative Refraction via Interfacial Momentum Compensation Chen, Hao Ding, Zhong-Ke Luo, Nannan Zeng, Jiang Tang, Li-Ming Chen, Ke-Qiu Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Negative refraction of coherent phonons is crucial for thermal management and quantum information processing, but it remains unrealized because achieving the suitable dispersion for negative refraction simultaneously with long-range coherence is challenging. In this letter, we overcome this limitation by introducing a momentum compensation mechanism mediated by discrete translational symmetry. Interfacial reciprocal lattice vectors provide momentum compensation during phonon tunneling and induce asymmetric mode matching, resulting in negative refraction without requiring strong dispersion anisotropy or a negative-curvature band. Using non-equilibrium Green's function formalism, we demonstrate coherent negative refraction of isotropic acoustic phonons in graphene/hexagonal boron nitride heterostructures. This general mechanism enables active control of phonon flow via interfacial design, paving the way for applications in atomic-scale phonon lenses and directional thermal transport. |
| title | Coherent Phonon Negative Refraction via Interfacial Momentum Compensation |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.03599 |