Topological gimbal phonons in T-carbon
arXiv:2101.05060 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.103.165143
Abstract
The topological metal states in electronic systems have been extensively studied, but topological phonons were explored only in few examples so far. Here, we expose for the first time that the topological nodal gimbal phonons, type-I and type-II Weyl phonons are simultaneously present in T-carbon, a recently realized new allotrope of carbon. At about 15.2 THz, we find that there exist three mutually intersecting nodal loops (named as nodal gimbal phonons) around Γ point, and two pairs of type-I Weyl phonons on the boundary of Brillouin zone around each X point. In addition, there exist three pairs of type-II Weyl phonons at about 14.5 THz around each L point. It is shown that these exotic topological phonons are protected by corresponding symmetries, and lead to topologically nontrivial surface states. Our findings not only afford plenty of intriguing topological phonon states in a simple material like T-carbon but also provide a new platform to study novel properties of topological phonons, which would facilitate further both experimental and theoretical works in future.
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