Chiral phonons in honeycomb sublattice of layered CoSn-like compounds

Abstract

Hexagonal and kagome lattices exhibit extraordinary electronic properties. It is a natural consequence of additional discrete degree of freedom associated with a valley or the occurence of electronic flat-bands. Combination of both types of lattices, observed in CoSn-like compounds, leads not only to the topological electronic behavior, but also to the emergence of chiral phonon modes. Here, we study CoSn-like compounds in the context of realization of chiral phonons. Previous theoretical studies demonstrated that the chiral phonons can be found in ideal two-dimensional hexagonal or kagome lattices. However, it turns out that in the case of CoSn-like systems with the $P6/mmm$ symmetry, the kagome lattice formed by $d$-block element is decorated by the additional $p$-block atom. This results in a two dimensional triangular lattice of atoms with non-equal masses and the absence of chiral phonons in the kagome plane. Contrary to this, the interlayer hexagonal lattice of $p$-block atoms is preserved and allows for the realization of chiral phonons. We discuss properties of these chiral phonons in seven CoSn-like compounds and demonstrate that they do not depend on atomic mass ratio or the presence of intrinsic magnetic order. The chiral phonons of $d$-block atoms can be restored by removing the inversion symmetry. The latter is possible in the crystal structure of CoGe and RhPb with the reduced symmetry ($P\bar{6}2m$) and distorted-kagome-like lattice.

13 pages, 8 figures

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