Magnetic Signature of Chiral Phonons Revealed by Neutron Spectroscopy in Ferrimagnetic Fe$_{1.75}$Zn$_{0.25}$Mo$_3$O$_8$
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| author | Bao, Song Liao, Junbo Huang, Zhentao Shangguan, Yanyan Ma, Zhen Zhang, Bo Cheng, Shufan Xu, Hao Song, Zihang Dong, Shuai Wu, Maofeng Kajimoto, Ryoichi Nakamura, Mitsutaka Fennell, Tom Khalyavin, Dmitry Wen, Jinsheng |
| author_facet | Bao, Song Liao, Junbo Huang, Zhentao Shangguan, Yanyan Ma, Zhen Zhang, Bo Cheng, Shufan Xu, Hao Song, Zihang Dong, Shuai Wu, Maofeng Kajimoto, Ryoichi Nakamura, Mitsutaka Fennell, Tom Khalyavin, Dmitry Wen, Jinsheng |
| contents | Lattice vibrations can carry angular momentum and magnetic moments under broken inversion or time-reversal symmetry, forming so-called chiral phonons. While such excitations have been explored in nonmagnetic systems via optical probes, their direct detection in magnetic materials and coupling to spin excitations remain largely unexplored. Here, using neutron spectroscopy, sensitive to both nuclear and magnetic scattering, we reveal the magnetic signature of chiral phonons in ferrimagnetic Fe$_{1.75}$Zn$_{0.25}$Mo$_3$O$_8$ with Curie temperature $T_{\rm C}\sim49$ K. Below $T_{\rm C}$, we observe enhanced magnetic scattering of phonons at small momenta, arising from strong magnon-phonon coupling. In addition, out-of-plane intensity modulation, phonon mode splitting, and field-induced Zeeman shifts are observed, all closely associated with the ferrimagnetic order. These features vanish above $T_{\rm C}$, where phonon spectra are dominated by nuclear scattering. These observations demonstrate the existence of chiral phonons carrying substantial magnetic moments that directly contribute to magnetic scattering, and establish neutron spectroscopy as a powerful, momentum-resolved probe of their magnetic character. |
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| spellingShingle | Magnetic Signature of Chiral Phonons Revealed by Neutron Spectroscopy in Ferrimagnetic Fe$_{1.75}$Zn$_{0.25}$Mo$_3$O$_8$ Bao, Song Liao, Junbo Huang, Zhentao Shangguan, Yanyan Ma, Zhen Zhang, Bo Cheng, Shufan Xu, Hao Song, Zihang Dong, Shuai Wu, Maofeng Kajimoto, Ryoichi Nakamura, Mitsutaka Fennell, Tom Khalyavin, Dmitry Wen, Jinsheng Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science Lattice vibrations can carry angular momentum and magnetic moments under broken inversion or time-reversal symmetry, forming so-called chiral phonons. While such excitations have been explored in nonmagnetic systems via optical probes, their direct detection in magnetic materials and coupling to spin excitations remain largely unexplored. Here, using neutron spectroscopy, sensitive to both nuclear and magnetic scattering, we reveal the magnetic signature of chiral phonons in ferrimagnetic Fe$_{1.75}$Zn$_{0.25}$Mo$_3$O$_8$ with Curie temperature $T_{\rm C}\sim49$ K. Below $T_{\rm C}$, we observe enhanced magnetic scattering of phonons at small momenta, arising from strong magnon-phonon coupling. In addition, out-of-plane intensity modulation, phonon mode splitting, and field-induced Zeeman shifts are observed, all closely associated with the ferrimagnetic order. These features vanish above $T_{\rm C}$, where phonon spectra are dominated by nuclear scattering. These observations demonstrate the existence of chiral phonons carrying substantial magnetic moments that directly contribute to magnetic scattering, and establish neutron spectroscopy as a powerful, momentum-resolved probe of their magnetic character. |
| title | Magnetic Signature of Chiral Phonons Revealed by Neutron Spectroscopy in Ferrimagnetic Fe$_{1.75}$Zn$_{0.25}$Mo$_3$O$_8$ |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.03635 |