Electron Dynamics Reconstruction and Nontrivial Transport by Acoustic Waves

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Main Authors: Zhou, Zi-Qian, Zhang, Zhi-Fan, Xiao, Cong, Jiang, Hua, Xie, X. C.
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Published: 2026
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author Zhou, Zi-Qian
Zhang, Zhi-Fan
Xiao, Cong
Jiang, Hua
Xie, X. C.
author_facet Zhou, Zi-Qian
Zhang, Zhi-Fan
Xiao, Cong
Jiang, Hua
Xie, X. C.
contents Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) become a popular driving source in modern condensed matter physics, but most existing theories simplify them as electric fields and ignore the non-uniform Brillouin zone folding effect. We develop a semiclassical framework and reconstruct the electron dynamics by treating SAW as a quasi-periodic potential modulating electronic momentum distribution. This framework naturally explains the experimentally observed DC drag current and predicts acousto-electric Hall effect. The theory further reveals various SAW-driven transport phenomena, emerging anomalous Hall, thermal Hall, and Nernst effects within time-reversal symmetric systems. Illustrated in bilayer graphene and $\mathrm{MX_2}$ (M = Mo, W; X = S, Se, Te), the angular-dependent acousto-electric Hall effect provides an experimental probe for Berry curvature distribution.
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spellingShingle Electron Dynamics Reconstruction and Nontrivial Transport by Acoustic Waves
Zhou, Zi-Qian
Zhang, Zhi-Fan
Xiao, Cong
Jiang, Hua
Xie, X. C.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Other Condensed Matter
Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) become a popular driving source in modern condensed matter physics, but most existing theories simplify them as electric fields and ignore the non-uniform Brillouin zone folding effect. We develop a semiclassical framework and reconstruct the electron dynamics by treating SAW as a quasi-periodic potential modulating electronic momentum distribution. This framework naturally explains the experimentally observed DC drag current and predicts acousto-electric Hall effect. The theory further reveals various SAW-driven transport phenomena, emerging anomalous Hall, thermal Hall, and Nernst effects within time-reversal symmetric systems. Illustrated in bilayer graphene and $\mathrm{MX_2}$ (M = Mo, W; X = S, Se, Te), the angular-dependent acousto-electric Hall effect provides an experimental probe for Berry curvature distribution.
title Electron Dynamics Reconstruction and Nontrivial Transport by Acoustic Waves
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Other Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24102