Spin-1 Weyl Point and Surface Arc State in a Chiral Phononic Crystal
arXiv:2004.02412 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.214309
Abstract
Spin-1 Weyl point is formed by three bands touching at a single point in the three dimensional (3D) momentum space, with two of which show cone-like dispersion while the third band is flat. Such a triply degenerate point carries higher topological charge 2 and can be described by a three-band Hamiltonian. We first propose a tight-binding model of a 3D Lieb lattice with chiral interlayer coupling to form the Spin-1 Weyl point. Then we design a chiral phononic crystal that carries these spin-1 Weyl points and special straight-type acoustic Fermi arcs. We also computationally demonstrate the robust propagation of the topologically protected surface states that can travel around a corner or defect without reflection. Our results pave a new way to manipulate acoustic waves in 3D structures and provide a platform for exploring energy transport properties in 3D spin-1 Weyl systems.
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